An access log includes a record of all the files that have been requested by the visitors while browsing your site. The list is detailed, so when you have a page with two embedded images, for instance, all of the three files shall be in the log, not only the page. An access log usually contains the date, the OS, the browser and the IP address for every file in human-readable form, so you can get a more complete picture about the most popular files on your site. The log, that is also commonly called "raw data", is an addition to the web stats which you normally get with a hosting account, not a substitute. One example why you might need this sort of a log is if you intend to use some software on your computer system to prepare a report about the website’s overall performance, but you don't want to use the standard graphs and tables that come with the server-generated site statistics.

Access Log Manager in Hosting

Enabling the generation of access logs shall be extremely simple if you get a hosting from our company. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with all the accounts, has a section dedicated to different logs and that is where you shall find the access logs too. Once you navigate there, you'll see a list of all the domain names hosted within the account and the subdomains created for them. Our custom made cloud hosting platform will start generating an access log for each of them as soon as you click on the On button, which you'll 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 very same section. All the logs are downloadable, which means that you can comfortably save and manage them on your desktop PC or notebook.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you host your websites within a semi-dedicated server account with us, you will have the option to enable or disable the generation of access logs with just a couple of mouse clicks from your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You will 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 that you can see there. The function can be enabled individually for any site no matter if it uses a domain name or a subdomain and you will find a detailed list of all the hosts within that section. Any access log can be downloaded as a text file with just a click and you could then look at it manually or use some software on your laptop or computer. The log generation could be stopped by simply switching the On option to Off within the Logs section of your CP.