An access log is a text file that contains an extensive report on all the files accessed by your website visitors. All the files which were requested in one way or another will be included, so if you have a PHP script app and a visitor opens only the home page, for example, you may find a lot of files inside the log. It is because there are things on the home page that are embedded - parts of other web pages, pics, etcetera. These files shall be listed within the access log, so you can get a detailed picture of the way your site functions. The data is in plain text format, so the logs are often referred to as "raw data" as well. An access log provides the name of each requested file, the path to it, the date it was accessed, along with the user’s IP address, world-wide web browser and Operating System. More info, like the referrer site, is sometimes included as well. A log file may be processed by various desktop programs for statistical purposes as an addition to the web stats supplied by your hosting server.

Access Log Manager in Shared Hosting

Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel features a section focused on various logs and the access logs are among them. As soon as you sign in to your shared hosting account and visit this section, you will find a list of all the domain names and subdomains which you have. All it takes to allow the generation of access logs is to click on a button that will be available next to each and every domain/subdomain. In case the option is enabled, you shall see a download link along with the file size so far, so you will be able to save the file to your computer and look at it or process it with some application. Enabling or disabling the logs becomes effective instantaneously, so if you don't require one, you'll be able to stop it with only a mouse click from the exact same section of the Control Panel. You'll still have the ability to access the already generated content by simply clicking the Download link.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You will be able to check out detailed access logs for any Internet site that you host inside a semi-dedicated server account set up on our innovative hosting platform. Our cutting-edge Hepsia hosting Control Panel will permit you to activate the feature for each domain name or subdomain within the account individually, so you can get logs only for the sites you need. As soon as you sign in, you can navigate to the Access/Error Logs section where you will see a list of all the domains and subdomains that you have added or created and an On/Off button on the right side of all of them. Triggering or disabling the generation of access logs is as simple as pressing this button and the change will take effect right away. You can save the logs in .txt format by clicking on the Download link located in the very same section. The latter will be available all the time, even after you disable the function for a particular domain name or subdomain.