An access log is a complete list of all the files that were accessed by the guests of a certain website. Any file that was requested for some reason will be listed, so if you have one webpage with 3 embedded pictures, one video and one embedded text file, for instance, the access log shall contain a total of 6 entries - one for any 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, as well as the visitor’s Operating System, web browser and IP address. In some cases you can also find the referrer websites that sent the visitors to your website. The information an access log file provides is in human-readable plain text format. It can be processed by special software on a desktop machine and used to prepare reports on the functionality of an Internet site, besides the web stats which your server may have created.
Access Log Manager in Shared Hosting
Enabling the generation of access logs shall be extremely simple if you get a shared hosting from us. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with all of the accounts, features a section dedicated to different logs and this is where you'll find the access logs too. As soon as you go there, you will see a list of all the domain names hosted inside the account and the subdomains created for them. Our custom made cloud hosting platform shall start producing an access log for any of them as soon as you click on the On button, which you'll see on the right. If you no longer require logs, disabling the option is just as simple and can be accomplished by clicking on the Off button in the exact same section. All the logs are downloadable, which means that you can conveniently save and manage them on your desktop PC or laptop.
Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you have a semi-dedicated server account with us, it will not take more than several mouse clicks to activate the generation of access logs by our system if you require them. The function can be permitted from the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and this may be done separately for each and every domain name or subdomain you have inside your account. As soon as you log in and check out the Access/Error Logs section of the CP, you will discover a list of all the hostnames with an On/Off button next to each of them. One click shall trigger the log generation and a second one will deactivate it, so you can control this function with great simplicity. A Download link in the same section will permit you to save the gathered content as a text file, that you may then use on your notebook or computer. Whether or not the logs are deactivated, you will still be able to download the data which has been previously generated.