An access log is a comprehensive list of all the files that were accessed by the guests of a given Internet site. Any file which was requested for whatever reason will be listed, so if you have one webpage with 3 embedded pictures, one video and one embedded text file, for example, the access log will contain a total of six entries - one for each of the 6 files which were accessed when the website visitor opened the webpage. A log usually contains the file name and path, the date, plus the visitor’s OS, browser and IP address. Occasionally you can also find the referrer websites that sent the visitors to your site. The information that an access log file includes is in human-readable plain text format. It could be processed by special software on a desktop machine and used to prepare reports on the performance of an Internet site, aside from the web stats your server may have generated.
Access Log Manager in Shared Hosting
Enabling the generation of access logs will be incredibly easy if you acquire a shared hosting from our company. The Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, included with all the accounts, has a section dedicated to different logs and this is where you shall find the access logs too. When you go there, you'll see a list of all the domain names hosted within the account and the subdomains created for them. Our customized cloud hosting platform shall start generating an access log for each of them when you click on the On button, which you'll see on the right. If you no longer require logs, disabling the option is just as fast and can be carried out by clicking on the Off button in the same section. All the logs are downloadable, which means that you can conveniently save and manage them on your desktop computer or notebook.