An access log is a thorough list of all the files which were accessed by the guests of a certain site. Every file which was requested in some way shall be listed, so if you have just one page with 3 embedded pictures, one video and one embedded text file, as an illustration, the access log shall contain a total of six entries - one for any of the six files which were accessed when the visitor opened the page. A log normally contains the file name and path, the date, as well as the visitor’s Operating System, worldwide web browser and IP address. Oftentimes you may also find the referrer Internet sites that sent the visitors to your website. The data an access log file includes is in human-readable plain text format. It can also be processed by special software on a desktop machine and used to write reports on the efficiency of a website, aside from the web stats which your web hosting server may have generated.
Access Log Manager in Website Hosting
When you purchase a website hosting from our company, you'll be able to determine if access logs must be created and for which domains or subdomains inside your account this must be done. You'll be able to activate this feature from the Access/Error Logs section of the Hepsia Control Panel, incorporated with all shared accounts. Each and every domain you host or subdomain you set up shall be listed there and you'll see an On/Off option next to each of them, so you can easily trigger or deactivate the generation of access logs independently for every single website that you have. You could save a log to your personal computer by clicking on the Download link you'll see within the very same section of the Control Panel. The link is available even after you deactivate the log generation, so you'll still have access to the data compiled by our system.
Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you have a semi-dedicated server account with us, it will not take more than several mouse clicks to permit the generation of access logs by our system if you require them. The function can be permitted via the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and this could be done independently for each domain or subdomain which you have in your account. Once you log in and navigate to the Access/Error Logs section of the Control Panel, you'll discover a list of all the hostnames with an On/Off button next to each one. One click shall enable the log generation and a second one will disable it, so you can control this feature with great convenience. A Download link in the same section will allow you to save the created content as a text file, that you could then use on your notebook or computer. Whether or not the logs are disabled, you'll still be able to download the data which has been previously generated.