An access log contains a record of all files which have been requested by the visitors while browsing your website. The list is comprehensive, so in case you have a webpage 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 web browser and the IP address for every file in human-readable form, so you can get an idea about the hottest files on your site. The log, that's also frequently referred to as "raw data", is an addition to the web statistics that you commonly get with a hosting account, not a substitute. An illustration why you might need this kind of a log is if you want to use some software on your computer to prepare a report about the website’s functionality, but you don't want to use the regular graphs and tables that come with the server-generated website stats.
Access Log Manager in Web Hosting
Our in-house built Hepsia CP includes a section focused on various logs and the access logs are among them. Once you sign in to your web hosting account and go to this section, you will find a list of all the domains and subdomains that 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 single domain/subdomain. When the option is enabled, you shall see a download link along with the file size so far, so you'll be able to save the file to your PC and look at it or process it with some program. Enabling or disabling the logs takes effect immediately, so if you don't need one, you can stop it with simply a click from the very same section of the Control Panel. You shall still have the ability to access the already created content by simply clicking on the Download link.
Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers
Our sophisticated hosting platform shall generate access logs for every website hosted inside a semi-dedicated server account, provided that this feature is permitted. All domains and subdomains that you have will be listed inside the Access/Error Logs section of the Hepsia CP, which we offer with all of the accounts, so if you would like our system to start creating logs for any of them, you should just click on the small button on the right side of the respective domain/subdomain and change the default Off option to On. You could deactivate this function anytime by following the same steps. You will find a Download link for every single log inside the very same section of the Control Panel, so you may save the content gathered by our system in .txt format with just a click. An existing log file may be downloaded even after the feature has been disabled, so you will still be able to see the data which has already been generated.