An access log contains a record of all the files which have been requested by the visitors while browsing your website. The list is detailed, so if you have a webpage with 2 embedded images, for example, all of the three files will be in the log, not just the page. An access log usually includes the date, the OS, the browser and the IP address for every file in human-readable form, so you can get a good idea about the hottest files on your Internet site. The log, that is also often called "raw data", is an addition to the web data you normally get with a hosting account, not a replacement. An illustration why you might need this sort of a log is if you want to use some software on your computer system to prepare a report about the website’s general performance, but you don't want to use the conventional graphs and tables which come with the server-generated site stats.

Access Log Manager in Web Hosting

Enabling the generation of access logs will be really easy if you buy a web hosting from our company. The Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, included with all of the accounts, has a section on different logs which is where you will find the access logs too. As soon as you navigate there, you'll see a list of all the domains hosted in the account and the subdomains created for them. Our custom made cloud hosting platform shall start creating an access log for any of them the instant you click on the On button, that you will see on the right. If you don't require logs, disabling the option is just as fast and can be carried out by clicking on the Off button in the very same section. All the logs are downloadable, therefore you can effortlessly save and manage them on your PC or notebook.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you have a semi-dedicated server account with our company, it won't take more than several mouse clicks to trigger the generation of access logs by our system if you need them. The feature can be activated via the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and this can be done separately for each domain or subdomain you have inside your account. After you log in and check out the Access/Error Logs section of the CP, you'll see a list of all the hostnames with an On/Off button next to each of them. A single click shall trigger the log generation and another one shall deactivate it, so you can control this feature with great efficiency. A Download link in the same section will permit you to save the generated content as a text file, which you can then use on your personal computer. Whether or not the logs are deactivated, you will still be able to download the data which has been previously generated.