An access log contains a record of all files which have been requested by the visitors while browsing your site. The list is thorough, so if you have a page with 2 embedded images, for example, all of the three files will be in the log, not only the page. An access log typically features the date, the OS, the web browser and the IP address for every file in human-readable form, so you can get a more complete picture about the most well liked files on your website. The log, that is also frequently called "raw data", is an addition to the web stats you usually get with a hosting account, not a replacement. An illustration why you may need such a log is if you intend 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 typical graphs and tables which come with the server-generated website statistics.
Access Log Manager in Cloud Website Hosting
If you obtain a cloud website hosting from our company, you shall be able to decide if access logs have to be created and for which domains or subdomains inside your account this should be done. You can activate this feature from the Access/Error Logs section of the Hepsia Control Panel, incorporated with all shared accounts. Every single domain name you host or subdomain you set up will be listed there and you see an On/Off option next to each one of them, so you can easily enable or disable the generation of access logs independently for every single website that you have. You'll be able to save a log to your computer by clicking on the Download link that you'll see within the very same section of the CP. The link shall be available even if you deactivate the log generation, so you will still have access to the data collected by our system.
Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Hosting
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 only a few mouse clicks inside your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You'll find this function in the Access/Error Logs section, which you can access as soon as you sign in. All it takes for our system to start creating logs is a single click on the On button which you can see there. The function can be activated separately for any website regardless of whether it uses a domain name or a subdomain and you'll find the 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 see it manually or use some software on your laptop or computer. The log generation may be disabled by simply switching the On option to Off in the Logs section of your CP.