An access log is a text file which contains a complete report on all of the files accessed by your Internet site visitors. All the files that were requested in one way or another will be included, so when you have a PHP script app and a visitor opens only the home page, for example, you may find a lot of files inside the log. It is because there are resources on the home page that are embedded - parts of other web pages, images, etcetera. All these files will be listed within the access log, so you're able to get a full picture of the way your Internet site functions. The data is in plain text format, so the logs are often described as "raw data" as well. An access log shows the name of each requested file, the path to it, the date it was accessed, along with the user’s IP address, web browser and OS. Additional information, including the referrer website, is sometimes included as well. A log file could be processed by various desktop applications for statistical purposes as an addition to the web stats provided by your hosting server.
Access Log Manager in Hosting
If you buy a hosting from our company, you shall be able to decide if access logs must be created and for which domains or subdomains inside your account this should be done. You can enable this option from the Access/Error Logs section of the Hepsia CP, integrated with all shared accounts. Every domain name you host or subdomain you create shall be listed there and you'll see an On/Off option next to each and every one of them, so you can effortlessly trigger or disable the generation of access logs independently for each website that you have. You can save a log to your computer by clicking on the Download link that you shall see within the same exact section of the CP. The link shall be available even if you deactivate the log generation, so you'll still have access to the data gathered by our system.
Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Hosting
When you have a semi-dedicated server account with our company, it will not take more than several mouse clicks to trigger the generation of access logs by our system if you need them. The feature may be activated via the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel and this can be done separately for every single domain name or subdomain you have in your account. Once you log in and visit the Access/Error Logs section of the Control Panel, you'll discover a list of all the hostnames with an On/Off button next to each one. One click will activate the log generation and another one will disable it, so you can control this function with great convenience. A Download link in the same section will enable you to save the generated content as a text file, which you can then use on your personal computer. Whether or not the logs are deactivated, you shall still be able to download the data that's been previously generated.