An access log is a complete list of all the files that were accessed by the visitors of a particular Internet site. Every single file which was requested for whatever reason shall be listed, so if you have a single webpage with 3 embedded pics, one video and one embedded text file, as an illustration, the access log will contain a total of 6 entries - one for each of the six files that were accessed when the website visitor opened the webpage. A log typically shows the file name and path, the date, as well as the visitor’s Operating System, worldwide web browser and IP address. In some cases you can also find the referrer websites that sent the visitors to your site. The information an access log file provides is in human-readable plain text format. It could be processed by special software on a laptop or computer and used to write reports on the overall performance of a site, independent of the web statistics which your hosting server may have produced.
Access Log Manager in Website Hosting
Enabling the generation of access logs shall be very simple when you acquire a website hosting from us. The Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, which comes with all the accounts, has a section on different logs and that is where you will find the access logs too. Once you go there, you'll see a list of all the domain names hosted in the account and the subdomains created for them. Our custom cloud hosting platform shall start creating an access log for any of them the instant you click on the On button, which you will see on the right. If you no longer need logs, disabling the option is just as easy and can be done by clicking on the Off button in the same section. All the logs are downloadable, so you can easily save and manage them on your desktop computer or notebook.
Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you have a semi-dedicated server account with our company, it shall not take more than several mouse clicks to enable the generation of access logs by our system if you need them. The function may be permitted from the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel and this can be done separately for each domain name or subdomain which you have inside your account. Once you log in and go to 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 every one of them. One click will activate the log generation and another one will disable 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 could then use on your computer system. Even when the logs are deactivated, you shall still be able to download the data which has been previously generated.