An access log is a comprehensive list of all the files that were accessed by the guests of a certain site. Every file that was requested for some reason will be listed, so if you have just one page with three embedded images, one video and one embedded text file, as an illustration, the access log will contain a total of six entries - one for each of the six files that were accessed when the visitor opened the webpage. A log usually offers the file name and path, the date, plus the visitor’s OS, web browser and IP address. In some cases you may also find the referrer Internet sites that sent the visitors to your Internet site. The data that an access log file provides is in human-readable plain text format. It can also be processed by special software on a personal computer and used to prepare reports on the overall performance of a website, in addition to the web statistics that your server may have created.

Access Log Manager in Website Hosting

When you purchase a website hosting from us, you will be able to choose if access logs should be generated and for which domains or subdomains inside your account this should be done. You'll be able to enable this feature from the Access/Error Logs section of the Hepsia Control Panel, incorporated with all shared accounts. Each and every domain you host or subdomain you set up shall be listed there and you see an On/Off option next to each of them, so you can effortlessly enable or deactivate the generation of access logs individually for each site that you have. You may save a log to your personal computer by clicking on the Download link that you will see in the same section of the Control Panel. The link shall be available even after you deactivate the log generation, so you'll still have access to the data compiled by our system.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you host your sites in a semi-dedicated server account with us, you will have the option to activate or disable the generation of access logs with just a couple of clicks in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You shall find this feature in the Access/Error Logs section, which you can access once you sign in. All it takes for our system to start producing logs is one click on the On button you'll see there. The function can be enabled separately for any site regardless if it uses a domain or a subdomain and you'll find the full list of all the hosts inside that section. Any access log can be downloaded as a text file with only a click and you may then view it manually or use some software on your computer. The log generation can be stopped by simply changing the On option to Off inside the Logs section of your CP.