{"id":605,"date":"2016-07-15T14:11:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T14:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/?p=605"},"modified":"2016-07-15T14:11:55","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T14:11:55","slug":"raw-access-logs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/raw-access-logs\/","title":{"rendered":"Raw Access Logs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In cPanel you can use the <strong>Raw Access Logs<\/strong> feature to see the traffic to your website, before it is turned into a report by statistics software. This can be very useful when you need to see who is accessing your site quickly and knowing the type of requests your site is getting. This is also very useful when you need someone to look at your web statistics, but you do not want to give that person your cPanel login. You can use the Raw Access Logs feature to download a zipped version of the server&#8217;s access log for your site.<\/p>\n<h3>To configure a raw access log<\/h3>\n<p>This can be done in the <em>Configure Logs<\/em> section. The section allows you to configure cPanel to automatically archive logs and when to automatically delete them.<a href=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/configure.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-609 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/configure.png\" alt=\"configure\" width=\"777\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/configure.png 777w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/configure-300x52.png 300w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/configure-768x133.png 768w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/configure-624x108.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Select the\u00a0<strong>Archive logs in your home directory at the end of each stats run<\/strong>\u00a0box to save archived logs into the\u00a0<code>\/home<\/code>\u00a0directory each time the system processes your website&#8217;s statistics.<\/li>\n<li>Select the\u00a0<strong>Remove the previous month&#8217;s archived logs from your home directory at the end of each month<\/strong>\u00a0box to remove the previous month&#8217;s logs at the end of each month.<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Save<\/strong>\u00a0to store your changes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>To view your raw access log<\/h3>\n<p>You can view your raw access log under the <strong>Download Current Access Logs<\/strong> section. This section lists the domains on your account and all the log information.<a href=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/download.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-607\" src=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/download.png\" alt=\"download\" width=\"779\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/download.png 779w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/download-300x85.png 300w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/download-768x218.png 768w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/download-624x177.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Domain<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014the list of the domains on your account.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Last Update<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 The date of the most recent update to the log file.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Disk Usage<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 The amount of disk space that the log files uses.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Linked Domains<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 A list of the domains that are parked on top of the domain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can view your raw access log by following the steps below:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Log into your cPanel account.<\/li>\n<li>Click on <strong>Raw Access Logs<\/strong> under the <em>Logs<\/em> section.<a href=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screenshot-171.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-606 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screenshot-171.png\" alt=\"Screenshot (171)\" width=\"511\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screenshot-171.png 511w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screenshot-171-300x69.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Click on the domain or subdomain you wish to view under <em>Download Current Access Logs<\/em> section.<\/li>\n<li>Then click on <strong>Save File<\/strong> to save the log to the directory shown by your browser&#8217;s save file window.<a href=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screenshot-173.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-608 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screenshot-173.png\" alt=\"Screenshot (173)\" width=\"457\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screenshot-173.png 457w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screenshot-173-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>To view the log, open it in a zip program and unzip the file inside.<\/li>\n<li>Then use a text editor (MS Word or WordPad) to open the log and view it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In cPanel you can use the Raw Access Logs feature to see the traffic to your website, before it is turned into a report by statistics software. 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