An access log is a comprehensive list of all the files which were accessed by the visitors of a given Internet site. Any file that was requested for some reason shall be listed, so if you have one webpage with three embedded images, one video and one embedded text file, for example, the access log will contain a total of six entries - one for any of the 6 files which were accessed when the visitor opened the page. A log typically contains the file name and path, the date, as well as the visitor’s OS, Internet browser and IP address. Sometimes you can also find the referrer sites that sent the visitors to your Internet site. The info which an access log file features is in human-readable plain text format. It can be processed by special software on a laptop or computer and used to write reports on the functionality of an Internet site, aside from the web statistics which your server may have generated.

Access Log Manager in Cloud Web Hosting

Enabling the generation of access logs shall be very simple when you get a cloud web hosting from us. The Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, supplied with all the accounts, features a section dedicated to different logs and that is where you'll find the access logs as well. As soon as you navigate there, you'll see a list of all the domains hosted within the account and the subdomains created for them. Our customized cloud hosting platform shall start generating an access log for any of them the instant you click on the On button, which you will see on the right. If you don't need logs, disabling the option is just as simple and can be done by clicking on the Off button inside the same exact section. All of the logs are downloadable, which means that you can conveniently save and manage them on your desktop PC or notebook.