An access log features a record of all files that have been requested by the visitors while browsing your website. The list is thorough, so in case you have a webpage with two embedded images, for example, all of the three files shall be in the log, not just the page. An access log usually includes the date, the OS, the browser and the IP address for each file in human-readable form, so you can get a more complete picture about the hottest files on your site. The log, which is also frequently named "raw data", is an addition to the web data you usually get with a hosting account, not a replacement. An illustration why you may need this type of a log is if you want to use some software on your computer to prepare a report about the website’s efficiency, but you don't want to use the standard graphs and tables that come with the server-generated website statistics.

Access Log Manager in Shared Hosting

Our custom Hepsia CP includes a section focused on various logs and the access logs are among them. As soon as you sign in to your shared hosting account and navigate to this section, you'll find a list of all the domains and subdomains which you have. All it takes to allow the generation of access logs is to press a button that'll be available next to each domain/subdomain. In case the option is active, you shall see a download link along with the file size so far, so you shall be able to save the file to your PC and examine it or process it with some program. Enabling or disabling the logs becomes effective immediately, so if you don't require one, you may stop it with a click from the very same section of the Control Panel. You will still be able to access the already created content by clicking on the Download link.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account with us, you shall have the option to enable or deactivate the generation of access logs with no more than a few mouse clicks in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You shall find this function in the Access/Error Logs section, which you can access once you sign in. All it takes for our system to start generating logs is a single click on the On button that you can see there. The feature can be enabled separately for any website regardless of whether it uses a domain or a subdomain and you shall find a detailed list of all the hosts in that section. Any access log can be downloaded as a text file with a click and you can then look at it manually or use some software on your laptop or computer. The log generation can be stopped by simply switching the On option to Off within the Logs section of your CP.