An access log is a thorough list of all the files that were accessed by the guests of a given website. Any file that was requested for some reason shall be listed, so if you have a single page with 3 embedded pictures, one video and one embedded text file, for instance, the access log shall contain a total of 6 entries - one for each of the six files which were accessed when the site visitor opened the webpage. A log normally provides the file name and path, the date, in addition to the visitor’s Operating System, Internet browser and IP address. In some cases you may also find the referrer sites that sent the visitors to your website. The info which an access log file contains is in human-readable plain text format. It can be processed by special software on a PC and used to write reports on the efficiency of a site, aside from the web statistics that your server may have created.

Access Log Manager in Shared Hosting

Enabling the generation of access logs shall be really simple if you purchase a shared hosting from our company. The Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, included with all the accounts, has a section on different logs and that is where you shall find the access logs as well. Once you navigate there, you shall see a list of all the domain names hosted inside the account and the subdomains created for them. Our custom made cloud hosting platform shall start producing an access log for any of them as soon as you click on the On button, which you will see on the right. If you don't require logs, disabling the option is just as quick and can be carried out by clicking on the Off button within the same section. All the logs are downloadable, which means that you can comfortably save and manage them on your PC or notebook.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you host your Internet sites inside a semi-dedicated server account with us, you shall have the option to enable or deactivate the generation of access logs with just several clicks in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You shall 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 one click on the On button that you'll see there. The function can be triggered individually for any website no matter if it uses a domain name or a subdomain and you shall find a detailed list of all the hosts in that section. Any access log can be downloaded as a text file with simply a click and you may then see it manually or use some software on your personal computer. The log generation may be disabled by simply switching the On option to Off within the Logs section of your Control Panel.