An access log is a text file that contains a thorough list of all the files accessed by your site visitors. All of the files that were requested in one way or another will be included, so if you have a PHP script program and a website visitor opens just the home page, for example, you may find plenty of files inside the log. The reason is that there are components on the home page which are embedded - parts of other webpages, graphics, and so forth. All these files will be listed within the access log, allowing you to get a detailed picture of the way your website functions. The information is in plain text format, so the logs are sometimes described as "raw data" too. An access log provides 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, web browser and Operating System. More information, like the referrer website, is oftentimes provided too. A log file can be processed by various desktop apps for statistical purposes as an addition to the web statistics provided by your server.

Access Log Manager in Cloud Web Hosting

Our custom-built Hepsia Control Panel has a section focused on various logs and the access logs are among them. As soon as you sign in to your cloud web hosting account and take a look at this section, you'll find a list of all the domains and subdomains which you have. All it takes to allow the generation of access logs is to click on a button that'll be available next to every single domain/subdomain. In case the option is active, you shall see a download link together with the file size so far, so you'll be able to save the file to your laptop or computer and look at it or process it with some app. Enabling or disabling the logs becomes effective immediately, so if you don't need one, you may stop it with just a click from the very same section of the Control Panel. You will still have the ability to access the already generated content by simply clicking the Download link.