An access log contains a record of all the files which have been requested by the visitors while browsing your website. The list is detailed, so in case you have a webpage with two embedded images, for instance, all of the three files will be in the log, not only the page. An access log usually features the date, the OS, the browser and the IP address for each file in human-readable form, so you can get a more complete picture about the hottest files on your site. The log, that's also often named "raw data", is an addition to the web statistics you typically get with a hosting account, not a replacement. A good example why you may need such a log is if you would like to use some software on your computer to prepare a report about the website’s general performance, but you do not want to use the conventional graphs and tables that come with the server-generated site statistics.
Access Log Manager in Cloud Hosting
When you purchase a cloud hosting from our company, you shall be able to decide if access logs have to be produced and for which domains or subdomains in your account this should be done. You could enable this option from the Access/Error Logs section of the Hepsia CP, included with all shared accounts. Every single domain you host or subdomain you create shall be listed there and you'll see an On/Off option next to every one of them, so you can quickly enable or disable the generation of access logs separately for every single website that you have. You can save a log to your PC by clicking on the Download link that you shall see in the same exact section of the Control Panel. The link shall be available even if you deactivate the log generation, so you will still have access to the data gathered by our system.