An access log is a detailed list of all the files which were accessed by the visitors of a given website. Each and every file which was requested for some reason will be listed, so if you have one page with three embedded pics, one video and one embedded text file, for example, the access log shall contain a total of 6 entries - one for every of the 6 files that were accessed when the site visitor opened the page. A log typically provides the file name and path, the date, plus the visitor’s OS, Internet browser and IP address. In some cases you may also find the referrer Internet sites that sent the visitors to your site. The data an access log file provides is in human-readable plain text format. It can be processed by special software on a PC and used to write reports on the overall performance of an Internet site, in addition to the web statistics that your web hosting server may have created.

Access Log Manager in Cloud Hosting

Our custom Hepsia CP has a section dedicated to various logs and the access logs are among them. As you sign in to your cloud hosting account and visit this section, you will find a list of all the domains and subdomains that you have. All it takes to enable the generation of access logs is to click on a button that'll be available next to every single domain/subdomain. When the option is active, you'll see a download link along with the file size so far, so you will be able to save the file to your personal computer and look at it or process it with some app. Enabling or disabling the logs becomes effective immediately, so if you no longer need one, you'll be able to stop it with a click from the exact same section of the Control Panel. You shall still be able to access the already developed content by clicking on the Download link.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you host your sites in a semi-dedicated server account with us, you will have the option to enable or deactivate the generation of access logs with only a couple of mouse clicks within your Hepsia hosting CP. You shall find this feature within the Access/Error Logs section, which you can access as soon as you sign in. All it takes for our system to start generating logs is a click on the On button that you can see there. The feature can be activated independently for any site no matter if it uses a domain or a subdomain and you'll find the complete list of all the hosts within that section. Any access log can be downloaded as a text file with a click and you can then see it manually or use some software on your personal computer. The log generation could be stopped by simply changing the On option to Off in the Logs section of your CP.