Web Server Log Files
Your Virtual Private Server Apache Web Server
logs all the traffic at your Web site to log files located in your ~/www/logs directory. There
are either two or four log files there depending upon how web server is configured. Newer Virtual
Private Servers are configured by default to log in the Combined Log Format. All information is
logged to the access_log or the error_log.
Older Virtual Private Servers are configured by default to log in the Common Log Format. All
information is logged to four log files. These files are the access_log, agent_log,
referer_log, and the error_log.
Logged in the files above is the volume of activity at each page on your web site, the type of
browser used to access each page, any errors that users may have experienced downloading pages
from your site, and where users were referred from when they accessed pages at your site.
Log File Analysis Programs
The actual data logged in the web server log files is cryptic, to say the least. The easiest way to
get useful information from your logs is by using a
Web Log Analyzer to process and
analyze it for you. Fortunately there are numerous programs that will do just that.
Log File Configuration and Management
You are free to configure and manage your Virtual Private Server web server log files however you
like.
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