An access log is a comprehensive list of all the files that were accessed by the visitors of a certain site. Each and every file which was requested in some way shall be listed, so if you have just one page with three embedded graphics, one video and one embedded text file, as an illustration, the access log shall contain a total of 6 entries - one for each of the six files that were accessed when the site visitor opened the page. A log normally shows the file name and path, the date, along with the visitor’s OS, web browser and IP address. Sometimes you could also find the referrer Internet sites that sent the visitors to your Internet site. The info that an access log file provides is in human-readable plain text format. It could be processed by special software on a PC and used to write reports on the performance of a site, aside from the web statistics your web hosting server may have created.
Access Log Manager in Cloud Hosting
When you get a cloud hosting from our company, you shall be able to choose if access logs should be produced and for which domains or subdomains inside your account this should be done. You could activate this option 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 set up will be listed there and you will see an On/Off option next to each of them, so you can conveniently activate or disable the generation of access logs separately for each website that you have. You could save a log to your laptop or computer by clicking on the Download link that you'll see within the same exact section of the Control Panel. The link will be available even after you deactivate the log generation, so you'll still have access to the data collected by our system.
Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you have a semi-dedicated server account with our company, it shall not take more than a few mouse clicks to permit the generation of access logs by our system if you require them. The function can be permitted via the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel and this could be done separately for each and every domain name or subdomain that you have inside your account. Once you log in and visit the Access/Error Logs section of the CP, you'll discover a list of all the hostnames with an On/Off button next to each of them. A single click will activate the log generation and a second one will disable it, so you can control this feature with great comfort. A Download link in the same section will enable you to save the compiled content as a text file, that you may then use on your computer system. Even when the logs are deactivated, you'll still be able to download the data which has been previously generated.