An access log features a record of all the files which have been requested by the visitors while exploring your site. The list is detailed, so in case you have a web page with two embedded images, for instance, all of the three files shall be in the log, not just the page. An access log normally contains the date, the OS, the Internet browser and the IP address for every single file in human-readable form, so you can get a more complete picture about the most popular files on your site. The log, that's also typically named "raw data", is an addition to the web data you usually get with a hosting account, not a replacement. One example why you may need such a log is if you would like to use some software on your computer system to prepare a report about the website’s functionality, but you don't want to use the standard graphs and tables which come with the server-generated website stats.

Access Log Manager in Shared Website Hosting

If you buy a shared 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 should be done. You can enable this function from the Access/Error Logs section of the Hepsia Control Panel, incorporated with all shared accounts. Every domain name you host or subdomain you set up shall be listed there and you see an On/Off option next to every one of them, so you can quickly trigger or disable the generation of access logs separately for every website that you have. You can save a log to your computer by clicking on the Download link that you shall see within the same exact section of the CP. The link shall be available even if you stop the log generation, so you shall still have access to the data gathered by our system.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you host your websites in a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you will have the option to trigger or deactivate the generation of access logs with no more than several clicks inside your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You shall find this function inside the Access/Error Logs section, which you can access once you sign in. All it takes for our system to start creating logs is a click on the On button that you'll see there. The function can be enabled separately for any website no matter if it uses a domain name or a subdomain and you will find a detailed list of all the hosts inside that section. Any access log can be downloaded as a text file with simply a click and you can then see it manually or use some software on your laptop or computer. The log generation can be disabled by simply changing the On option to Off inside the Logs section of your Control Panel.