An access log is a complete list of all the files which were accessed by the visitors of a particular Internet site. Every file that was requested in some way shall be listed, so if you have only one webpage with 3 embedded images, one video and one embedded text file, for example, the access log will contain a total of six entries - one for every of the six files that were accessed when the website visitor opened the page. A log usually shows the file name and path, the date, plus the visitor’s Operating System, web browser and IP address. Occasionally you can also find the referrer websites that sent the visitors to your Internet site. The data which an access log file includes is in human-readable plain text format. It may be processed by special software on a desktop machine and used to write reports on the efficiency of an Internet site, independent of the web statistics that your server may have produced.

Access Log Manager in Shared Website Hosting

Our in-house built Hepsia CP features a section dedicated to various logs and the access logs are among them. As soon as you sign in to your shared website hosting account and visit this section, you'll find a list of all the domain names and subdomains you have. All it takes to allow the generation of access logs is to click on a button that will be available next to every domain/subdomain. In case the option is active, you shall see a download link together with the file size so far, so you shall be able to save the file to your laptop or computer and view it or process it with some application. Enabling or disabling the logs takes effect right away, so if you don't require one, you'll be able to stop it with simply a mouse click from the same exact section of the Control Panel. You'll still have the ability to access the already developed content by clicking on the Download link.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you host your sites in a semi-dedicated server account with us, you will have the option to trigger or disable the generation of access logs with only a couple of mouse clicks within your Hepsia hosting CP. You'll find this feature inside the Access/Error Logs section, which you can access after 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 independently for any website regardless of whether it uses a domain name or a subdomain and you will find the full list of all the hosts within that section. Any access log can be downloaded as a text file with simply a click and you may then view it manually or use some software on your computer. The log generation may be deactivated by simply changing the On option to Off within the Logs section of your Control Panel.