An access log is a complete list of all the files which were accessed by the guests of a given Internet site. Every single file that was requested for whatever reason will be listed, so if you have only one webpage with three embedded images, one video and one embedded text file, as an illustration, the access log will contain a total of 6 entries - one for every of the six files which were accessed when the website visitor opened the webpage. A log normally provides the file name and path, the date, plus the visitor’s OS, Internet browser and IP address. Oftentimes you can also find the referrer sites that sent the visitors to your website. The information that an access log file provides is in human-readable plain text format. It may be processed by special software on a desktop machine and used to write reports on the performance of an Internet site, aside from the web statistics your web hosting server may have produced.

Access Log Manager in Cloud Website Hosting

Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel has a section dedicated to various logs and the access logs are among them. Once you sign in to your cloud website hosting account and visit this section, you shall find a list of all the domains and subdomains which you have. All it takes to enable the generation of access logs is to press a button which will be available next to each and every domain/subdomain. When the option is active, you'll see a download link along with the file size so far, so you shall be able to save the file to your personal computer and view it or process it with some program. Enabling or disabling the logs takes effect instantly, so if you no longer require one, you may stop it with only a mouse click from the exact same section of the CP. You shall still have the ability to access the already created content by clicking on the Download link.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server account with us, it will not take more than a few mouse clicks to permit the generation of access logs by our system if you require them. The function could be permitted through the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and this can be done individually for every single domain or subdomain that you have inside your account. After you log in and go to the Access/Error Logs section of the Control Panel, you will discover a list of all the hostnames with an On/Off button next to all of them. One click shall trigger the log generation and a second one shall disable it, so you can control this feature with great simplicity. A Download link in the same section will permit you to save the generated content as a text file, that you could then use on your computer system. Whether or not the logs are deactivated, you will still be able to download the data which has been previously generated.