An access log includes a record of all the files which have been requested by the visitors while browsing your site. The list is thorough, so in case you have a page with 2 embedded images, for instance, all of the three files will be in the log, not only the page. An access log normally features the date, the OS, the Internet browser and the IP address for each file in human-readable form, so you can get a more complete picture about the most popular files on your site. The log, that's also often called "raw data", is an addition to the web stats which you commonly get with a hosting account, not a replacement. An illustration why you may need this sort of a log is if you would like to use some software on your personal computer to prepare a report about the website’s overall performance, but you do not want to use the standard graphs and tables that come with the server-generated website statistics.

Access Log Manager in Shared Website Hosting

Enabling the generation of access logs shall be incredibly simple when you buy a shared website hosting from us. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, supplied with all of the accounts, has a section on different logs which is where you will find the access logs as well. Once you navigate there, you will see a list of all the domain names hosted within the account and the subdomains created for them. Our custom cloud hosting platform shall start creating an access log for each of them as early as you click on the On button, which you'll see on the right. If you no longer require logs, disabling the option is just as quick and can be done by clicking on the Off button in the same exact section. All the logs are downloadable, which means that you can easily save and manage them on your desktop PC or notebook.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you host your sites within a semi-dedicated server account with us, you'll have the option to enable or deactivate the generation of access logs with just a couple of mouse clicks within your Hepsia hosting CP. You shall find this feature within 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 single click on the On button you'll see there. The feature can be triggered individually for any website regardless of whether it uses a domain name or a subdomain and you will find a full list of all the hosts inside that section. Any access log can be downloaded as a text file with a click and you could then view it manually or use some software on your laptop or computer. The log generation may be stopped by simply switching the On option to Off within the Logs section of your CP.