An access log contains a record of all the files which have been requested by the visitors while browsing your Internet site. The list is thorough, so if you have a page with 2 embedded images, for instance, all of the three files shall be in the log, not just the page. An access log normally features the date, the OS, the Internet 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 website. The log, that's also typically named "raw data", is an addition to the web data you normally get with a hosting account, not an alternative. An illustration why you might need this type of a log is if you would like to use some software on your personal computer to prepare a report about the website’s general performance, but you don't want to use the standard graphs and tables which come with the server-generated website stats.

Access Log Manager in Web Hosting

Our custom-built Hepsia Control Panel has a section focused on various logs and the access logs are one of them. Once you sign in to your web hosting account and take a look at this section, you'll find a list of all the domain names and subdomains that you have. All it takes to enable the generation of access logs is to click on a button that'll be available next to each domain/subdomain. If the option is enabled, you shall see a download link as well as the file size so far, so you'll be able to save the file to your computer and view it or process it with some application. Enabling or disabling the logs becomes effective immediately, so if you no longer need one, you can stop it with simply a mouse click from the same exact section of the Control Panel. You shall still be able to access the already developed content by simply clicking the Download link.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you host your sites inside a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you'll have the option to enable or deactivate the generation of access logs with no more than a few clicks within your Hepsia hosting CP. You will find this feature inside the Access/Error Logs section, which you can access when you sign in. All it takes for our system to start creating logs is a click on the On button that you will see there. The function can be activated separately for any Internet site regardless if it uses a domain name or a subdomain and you will find the full list of all the hosts in that section. Any access log can be downloaded as a text file with a click and you may then see it manually or use some software on your laptop or computer. The log generation could be deactivated by simply switching the On option to Off inside the Logs section of your CP.