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 shall be listed, so if you have only one page with 3 embedded pics, one video and one embedded text file, for example, the access log will contain a total of six entries - one for each of the six files which were accessed when the visitor opened the page. A log usually contains the file name and path, the date, as well as the visitor’s Operating System, browser and IP address. Oftentimes you could also find the referrer Internet sites that sent the visitors to your Internet site. The data an access log file provides is in human-readable plain text format. It can also be processed by special software on a PC and used to write reports on the performance of a website, independent of the web stats that your hosting server may have generated.

Access Log Manager in Cloud Web Hosting

Enabling the generation of access logs shall be very easy if you acquire a cloud web hosting from us. The Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, supplied with all the accounts, features a section dedicated to different logs which is where you will find the access logs as well. As soon as you go there, you shall see a list of all the domains hosted within the account and the subdomains created for them. Our custom made cloud hosting platform will start producing an access log for each of them when 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 simple and can be accomplished by clicking on the Off button inside the same section. All the logs are downloadable, so you can comfortably save and manage them on your desktop computer or notebook.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Hosting

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