An access log is a text file which contains a full list of all of the files accessed by your website visitors. All of the files which were requested in one way or another shall be included, so when you have a PHP script application and a site visitor opens just the home page, for example, you might find a lot of files inside the log. It is because there are things on the home page which are embedded - parts of other web pages, pictures, etcetera. All of these files shall be listed within the access log, allowing you to get a detailed picture of the way your site performs. The data is in plain text format, so the logs are occasionally described as "raw data" too. An access log provides the name of every requested file, the path to it, the date it was accessed, in addition to the user’s IP address, Internet browser and Operating System. More information, including the referrer site, is sometimes supplied as well. A log file can be processed by various desktop applications for statistical purposes as an addition to the web statistics created by your hosting server.

Access Log Manager in Cloud Hosting

Enabling the generation of access logs will be extremely easy if you purchase a cloud hosting from our company. The Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, which comes with all the accounts, has a section on different logs and that is where you'll find the access logs as well. As soon as you go there, you shall see a list of all the domain names hosted in the account and the subdomains created for them. Our customized cloud hosting platform shall start generating an access log for each of them the instant you click on the On button, which you will see on the right. If you don't require logs, disabling the option is just as quick and can be done by clicking on the Off button in the same section. All the logs are downloadable, which means that you can effortlessly save and manage them on your desktop computer or notebook.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server account with our company, it won't take more than a couple of mouse clicks to enable the generation of access logs by our system if you need them. The feature may be activated through the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel and this could 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. A single click will enable the log generation and a second one will deactivate it, so you can control this feature with great ease. A Download link inside the same section will allow you to save the created content as a text file, which you could then use on your computer. Whether or not the logs are deactivated, you shall still be able to download the data which has been previously generated.