An access log is a comprehensive list of all the files which were accessed by the guests of a certain website. Any file which was requested in some way shall be listed, so if you have a single webpage with 3 embedded images, one video and one embedded text file, for instance, the access log will contain a total of 6 entries - one for every of the 6 files which were accessed when the website visitor opened the page. A log normally offers the file name and path, the date, in addition to the visitor’s OS, Internet browser and IP address. In some cases you could also find the referrer sites that sent the visitors to your website. The info which an access log file features is in human-readable plain text format. It may be processed by special software on a laptop or computer and used to write reports on the overall performance of an Internet site, in addition to the web stats your hosting server may have generated.

Access Log Manager in Cloud Hosting

When you buy a cloud hosting from us, you shall be able to choose if access logs have to be generated and for which domains or subdomains in your account this must be done. You may activate this option from the Access/Error Logs section of the Hepsia CP, integrated with all shared accounts. Each and every domain you host or subdomain you set up will be listed there and you see an On/Off option next to each one of them, so you can conveniently activate or disable the generation of access logs individually for every site that you have. You'll be able to save a log to your laptop or computer by clicking on the Download link that you will see within the same section of the Control Panel. The link will be available even if you stop the log generation, so you shall still have access to the data collected by our system.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you host your websites inside a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you'll have the option to trigger or deactivate the generation of access logs with just several clicks from your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You will 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 one click on the On button you'll see there. The feature can be enabled individually for any site no matter if it uses a domain or a subdomain and you'll find a full list of all the hosts in that section. Any access log can be downloaded as a text file with a click and you can then view it manually or use some software on your personal computer. The log generation could be stopped by simply switching the On option to Off within the Logs section of your CP.