An access log is a text file containing an extensive list of all the files accessed by your site visitors. All of the files which were requested in one way or another shall be included, so if you have a PHP script application and a visitor opens only the home page, for instance, you may find many files in the log. This is because there are elements on the home page that are embedded - parts of other web pages, images, etcetera. These files shall be listed in the access log, allowing you to get a detailed picture of the way your Internet site functions. The info is in plain text format, so the logs are sometimes described as "raw data" too. An access log contains the name of each and every requested file, the path to it, the date it was accessed, as well as the user’s IP address, world-wide web browser and OS. Additional information, like the referrer website, is typically included too. A log file could be processed by various desktop programs for statistical purposes as an addition to the web stats generated by your hosting server.

Access Log Manager in Cloud Hosting

Enabling the generation of access logs shall be incredibly simple if you purchase a cloud hosting from our company. The Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, provided with all the accounts, has a section on different logs and that is where you will find the access logs too. 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 will start generating an access log for any of them as early as you click on the On button, which you'll see on the right. If you no longer need logs, disabling the option is just as quick and can be carried out by clicking on the Off button inside the same exact section. All the logs are downloadable, therefore you can conveniently save and manage them on your desktop computer or laptop.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server account with us, it shall not take more than several mouse clicks to activate the generation of access logs by our system if you require them. The feature may be enabled from the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel and this may be done separately for each domain name or subdomain which you have inside your account. After you log in and look at the Access/Error Logs section of the Control Panel, you'll see a list of all the hostnames with an On/Off button next to each one. One click shall activate the log generation and another one shall deactivate it, so you can control this function with great ease. A Download link within the same section will enable you to save the compiled content as a text file, which you can then use on your PC. Even if the logs are deactivated, you will still be able to download the data which has been previously generated.