An access log includes a record of all files that have been requested by the visitors while browsing your website. The list is comprehensive, so when you have a web page with two embedded images, for example, all of the three files will be in the log, not just the page. An access log usually features the date, the OS, the browser and the IP address for each and every file in human-readable form, so you can get a more complete picture about the most popular files on your site. The log, which is also typically referred to as "raw data", is an addition to the web statistics you usually get with a hosting account, not a substitute. One example why you may require this type of a log is if you wish to use some software on your PC to prepare a report about the website’s efficiency, but you do not want to use the standard graphs and tables which come with the server-generated site statistics.

Access Log Manager in Shared Web Hosting

Enabling the generation of access logs will be exceptionally simple if you buy a shared web hosting from our company. The Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, provided with all of the accounts, has a section dedicated to different logs and this is where you will find the access logs as well. Once you navigate there, you will see a list of all the domains hosted inside the account and the subdomains created for them. Our custom made cloud hosting platform shall start generating an access log for any of them the instant you click on the On button, that you will 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 inside the exact same section. All the logs are downloadable, which means that you can conveniently save and manage them on your desktop computer or laptop.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you host your websites within a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you will have the option to trigger or disable the generation of access logs with just a few clicks in your Hepsia hosting CP. You'll find this function within the Access/Error Logs section, which you can access as soon as you sign in. All it takes for our system to start creating logs is one click on the On button that you can see there. The function can be activated separately for any website regardless if it uses a domain or a subdomain and you will find a full list of all the hosts within that section. Any access log can be downloaded as a text file with a click and you can then see it manually or use some software on your PC. The log generation may be stopped by simply changing the On option to Off in the Logs section of your Control Panel.