An access log is a text file which contains a complete report on all of the files accessed by your site visitors. All of the files that were requested in one way or another shall be included, so if you have a PHP script program and a visitor opens just the home page, for instance, you might find plenty of files inside the log. It is because there are elements on the home page that are embedded - parts of other Internet pages, pictures, and so on. All of these files will be listed in the access log, so you're able to get a detailed picture of the way your website performs. The info is in plain text format, so the logs are occasionally described as "raw data" too. An access log contains the name of each requested file, the path to it, the date it was accessed, plus the user’s IP address, web browser and OS. Additional information, including the referrer site, is sometimes provided as well. A log file can be processed by various desktop apps for statistical purposes as an addition to the web statistics supplied by your website hosting server.

Access Log Manager in Hosting

Enabling the generation of access logs will be really simple if you acquire a hosting from us. The Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, included with all the accounts, has a section on different logs and that is where you shall find the access logs too. As you go there, you shall see a list of all the domain names hosted within the account and the subdomains created for them. Our custom made cloud hosting platform will start producing an access log for any of them as soon as you click on the On button, which you will see on the right. If you no longer require logs, disabling the option is just as easy and can be accomplished by clicking on the Off button within the exact same section. All of the logs are downloadable, which means that you can easily save and manage them on your desktop PC or laptop.