An access log is a detailed list of all the files that were accessed by the visitors of a given Internet site. Each and every file which 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 example, the access log shall contain a total of six entries - one for each of the six files that were accessed when the website visitor opened the webpage. A log typically contains the file name and path, the date, plus the visitor’s Operating System, worldwide web browser and IP address. Sometimes you could also find the referrer Internet sites that sent the visitors to your website. The information which an access log file provides is in human-readable plain text format. It could be processed by special software on a desktop machine and used to write reports on the functionality of a site, besides the web statistics that your hosting server may have created.

Access Log Manager in Cloud Web Hosting

Our in-house built Hepsia CP includes a section focused on various logs and the access logs are among them. As you sign in to your cloud web hosting account and visit this section, you'll find a list of all the domain names and subdomains you have. All it takes to enable the generation of access logs is to press a button that'll be available next to each domain/subdomain. In case the option is enabled, you'll see a download link together with the file size so far, so you shall be able to save the file to your personal computer and look at it or process it with some program. Enabling or disabling the logs becomes effective instantaneously, so if you don't need one, you may stop it with only a mouse click from the same section of the Control Panel. You'll still be able to access the already created content by simply clicking on the Download link.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our advanced hosting platform shall generate access logs for any Internet site hosted in a semi-dedicated server account, provided that this function is enabled. All domain names and subdomains that you have shall be listed in the Access/Error Logs section of the Hepsia Control Panel, that we offer with all of the accounts, so if you need our system to start generating logs for each of them, you should simply click on the compact button on the right side of the respective domain/subdomain and switch the default Off option to On. You may stop this function at any time by following the exact same steps. You'll find a Download link for each log in the very same section of the CP, so you will be able to save the content produced by our system in .txt format with just a click. An existing log file can be downloaded even after the function has been deactivated, so you'll still be able to see the data that's already been generated.