An access log is a detailed list of all the files which were accessed by the guests of a certain Internet site. Every single file that was requested for whatever reason will be listed, so if you have one webpage with 3 embedded graphics, one video and one embedded text file, for instance, the access log shall contain a total of six entries - one for any of the six files which were accessed when the site visitor opened the webpage. A log usually shows the file name and path, the date, plus the visitor’s OS, browser and IP address. Oftentimes you may also find the referrer websites that sent the visitors to your website. The information which an access log file features is in human-readable plain text format. It may be processed by special software on a desktop machine and used to write reports on the overall performance of a website, aside from the web stats which your hosting server may have created.

Access Log Manager in Web Hosting

When you get a web hosting from us, you will be able to choose if access logs have to be produced and for which domains or subdomains in your account this should be done. You may activate this feature from the Access/Error Logs section of the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all shared accounts. Every single domain name you host or subdomain you create shall be listed there and you see an On/Off option next to every one of them, so you can easily activate or deactivate the generation of access logs individually for every single site that you have. You can save a log to your computer by clicking on the Download link that you shall see within the very same section of the Control Panel. The link will be available even after you disable the log generation, so you will still have access to the data collected by our system.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server account with us, it shall not take more than a couple of clicks to trigger the generation of access logs by our system if you need them. The feature may be enabled through the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel and this may be done independently for each domain name or subdomain which you have within your account. When you log in and check out the Access/Error Logs section of the CP, you will discover a list of all the hostnames with an On/Off button next to all of them. One click shall enable the log generation and a second one shall disable it, so you can control this function with great convenience. A Download link in the same section will permit you to save the generated content as a text file, that you can then use on your computer. Whether or not the logs are deactivated, you shall still be able to download the data that's been previously generated.