An access log is a text file containing an extensive list of all the files accessed by your Internet site visitors. All of the files that were requested in one way or another will be included, so if you have a PHP script application and a website visitor opens just the home page, for instance, you might find a lot of files inside the log. The reason is that there are things on the home page that are embedded - parts of other Internet pages, pictures, etcetera. All of these files shall be listed within the access log, so you can get a complete picture of the way your Internet site works. The data is in plain text format, so the logs are sometimes termed "raw data" as well. An access log contains the name of every requested file, the path to it, the date it was accessed, in addition to the user’s IP address, browser and OS. More information, like the referrer Internet site, is typically provided too. A log file can be processed by various desktop apps for statistical purposes as an addition to the web statistics supplied by your web server.

Access Log Manager in Web Hosting

Enabling the generation of access logs shall be incredibly simple when you purchase a web hosting from our company. The Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, which comes with all the accounts, has a section dedicated to different logs which is where you will find the access logs as well. When you go there, you will see a list of all the domain names hosted in the account and the subdomains created for them. Our custom made cloud hosting platform shall start producing an access log for any of them as early as you click on the On button, that you will see on the right. If you don't need logs, disabling the option is just as quick and can be accomplished by clicking on the Off button inside the very same section. All of the logs are downloadable, therefore you can effortlessly save and manage them on your desktop computer or notebook.