An access log is a thorough list of all the files which were accessed by the guests of a certain site. Every single file which was requested for some reason shall be listed, so if you have a single webpage with 3 embedded pics, one video and one embedded text file, for instance, the access log shall contain a total of six entries - one for each of the six files which were accessed when the site visitor opened the page. A log usually offers the file name and path, the date, in addition to the visitor’s OS, Internet browser and IP address. Sometimes you may also find the referrer Internet sites that sent the visitors to your Internet site. The info an access log file contains is in human-readable plain text format. It may be processed by special software on a laptop or computer and used to prepare reports on the overall performance of an Internet site, independent of the web statistics that your server may have produced.
Access Log Manager in Website Hosting
When you buy a website hosting from us, you shall be able to choose if access logs must be created and for which domains or subdomains inside your account this should be done. You can activate this option from the Access/Error Logs section of the Hepsia Control Panel, integrated with all shared accounts. Every single domain name you host or subdomain you set up shall be listed there and you see an On/Off option next to each and every one of them, so you can easily enable or deactivate the generation of access logs separately for every site that you have. You could save a log to your computer by clicking on the Download link that you will see within the same exact section of the Control Panel. The link will be available even after you stop the log generation, so you shall 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 us, it will not take more than several clicks to enable the generation of access logs by our system if you need them. The function may be permitted through the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel and this may be done independently for each and every domain name or subdomain that you have inside your account. Whenever you log in and navigate to the Access/Error Logs section of the Control Panel, you will see a list of all the hostnames with an On/Off button next to all of them. One click will enable the log generation and a second one shall deactivate it, so you can control this feature with great comfort. A Download link in the same section will allow you to save the generated content as a text file, that you may then use on your notebook or computer. Even if the logs are deactivated, you'll still be able to download the data that has been previously generated.