An access log features a record of all of the files that have been requested by the visitors while surfing around your website. The list is thorough, so if you have a page with 2 embedded images, for example, all of the three files shall be in the log, not just the page. An access log typically contains the date, the Operating System, the web browser and the IP address for every single file in human-readable form, so you can get a good idea about the hottest files on your site. The log, that is also typically named "raw data", is an addition to the web data that you normally get with a hosting account, not a substitute. An illustration why you may need this type of a log is if you wish to use some software on your PC to prepare a report about the website’s overall performance, but you do not want to use the typical graphs and tables that come with the server-generated site statistics.

Access Log Manager in Shared Website Hosting

Our custom-built Hepsia CP has a section dedicated to various logs and the access logs are one of them. When you sign in to your shared website hosting account and navigate to this section, you'll find a list of all the domain names and subdomains you have. All it takes to permit the generation of access logs is to press 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 will be able to save the file to your 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 exact 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

If you host your websites inside a semi-dedicated server account with us, you'll have the option to enable or deactivate the generation of access logs with no more than several clicks inside your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You shall find this function 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 single click on the On button that you'll see there. The function 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 within 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 personal computer. The log generation could be stopped by simply changing the On option to Off in the Logs section of your CP.