2.3.15. Site visit log (Access log)

A log of site visits (Access log) is a log of absolutely all requests to the site that reached our web server. It is located in the section " Hosting → My sites→ Access log »:

At the top of the section, a list of all dates for which logs are available is displayed:

In the list you can:

• Choose a day for view the log.
• Download log for a month.
• View monthly report.

The main part of the section displays information on all requests for selected day:

• Search field with the button " Search »- allows you to filter requests by date, IP or the presence of a piece of text.
• « Download »- button download logs per day.
• « Open report "- open button report per day.
• Timeline with buttons " Filter "And" Reset filter "- allows you to set the time range for which the log will be displayed or downloaded per day.
• Each line of the log has a strictly fixed format:
  • « Time "- request time.
  • « IP "Is the IP address from which the request was made. By clicking on the address, requests are automatically filtered by this IP.
  • « Inquiry "- the request itself. In the request:
    1. GET - request method.
    2. / — URI.
    3. HTTP/1.0" - version of the used HTTP protocol.
    4. 200 - server response code for this request.
    5. 12345 - length of the server response to the request in bytes.
    6. "https://www.google.com.ua/" — URL-source of the request.
    7. "Mozilla/5.0 (XXXXXX) XXXXXX - User-Agent of the visitor.

Access logs can be used to generate convenient HTML-reports. They are generated using the program GoAccess, built-in hosting.

Each report contains visual statistics on the following metrics: unique visitors requested URL and static files, 404 errors, hostnames and IPs of visitors, their operating systems and browsers, distribution of requests over time, referring sites, HTTP response codes and countries where requests came from.

Reports are generated in a language that installed in the account.

• Per day
• Per month
• For arbitrary periods

Button press " Open report »Opens a report for selected day:

So that reports for previous days are not generated every time anew and displayed quickly when reopened, after the first opening they are cached on a separate server and stored for the same time as Access logs. The report for the current day is always regenerated and always contains up-to-date information.

Button press " Monthly report »Opens the report for the corresponding month in a new browser tab:

Like daily reports, reports for past months are also cached on a separate server. The report for the current month includes only the days that have passed (that is, all days from the beginning of the month, except the current ).

You can create reports for arbitrary periods yourself. For example, this can be useful when you need to create one large report that includes a period of more than one month.

To create a report you need download logs for the required periods and on their basis generate a report on your PC.

Access log can download and study with console commands or specialized software capable of analyzing such logs and displaying various static and analytical information, for example Apache Log Viewer.