An access log is a thorough list of all the files that were accessed by the visitors of a given website. Every file that was requested for whatever reason will be listed, so if you have one webpage with three embedded pics, one video and one embedded text file, for instance, the access log shall contain a total of 6 entries - one for every of the six files which were accessed when the visitor opened the webpage. A log normally offers the file name and path, the date, as well as the visitor’s Operating System, browser and IP address. Occasionally you can also find the referrer Internet sites that sent the visitors to your website. The info that an access log file provides is in human-readable plain text format. It may be processed by special software on a PC and used to prepare reports on the overall performance of an Internet site, in addition to the web statistics that your hosting server may have created.

Access Log Manager in Shared Hosting

Our custom-built Hepsia Control Panel includes a section focused on various logs and the access logs are among them. As soon as you sign in to your shared hosting account and navigate to this section, you will find a list of all the domain names and subdomains which you have. All it takes to allow the generation of access logs is to press a button that'll be available next to each domain/subdomain. In case the option is active, you will see a download link as well as the file size so far, so you'll be able to save the file to your PC and examine it or process it with some app. Enabling or disabling the logs becomes effective immediately, so if you don't need one, you may stop it with simply a click from the same section of the Control Panel. You shall still be able to access the already created content by simply clicking on the Download link.