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Getting Started Home Page | Knowledge Base 24 X 7 HEROIC SUPPORT 800.580.4985 (1-517-322-0434) Find Answers To Web Hosting Questions SearchSearch Locations of Common Log Files on cPanel Servers Category: Technical Support One of the internal server error cpanel nice things about cPanel based servers is the way that they keep the location
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of key files in the same place across all of the various cPanel versions. Due to this consistency one always knows cpanel httpd error log location where to look for logs files for all services running on a cPanel server. Apache Apache is the web server that is typically utilized by cPanel. On cPanel servers Apache does write to a rather
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high number of logs as each site has its own traffic log. /usr/local/apache/logs/access_log The access_log is used to log all http requests to ether the hostname of the server, requests directed at the servers IPs, or sites that resolve to the server but are no longer hosted on it. /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log On cPanel servers all Apache errors, regardless of site, are logged in the error_log. /usr/local/apache/domlogs Within the domlogs folder each cpanel error log empty site on the server will have its own log file. These files will be the fully qualified domain name for the domain, ie domain.com, liquidweb.com. All http traffic to a site will be logged in this log file. Exim Exim is the MTA(Mail Transfer Agent) that cPanel utilizes. Exim has three primary logs, but only two of these logs contain useful information /var/log/exim_mainlog The exim_mainlog contains ALL interactions that exim handles, so both incoming and outgoing mail transactions. /var/log/exim_rejectlog The exim_rejectlog contains all connection attempts that were denied. This information is also logged in the exim_mainlog. For more information on Exim's logs try a Google search for "Exim Cheat Sheet". cPanel Cpanel does log all http traffic to WHM, webmail, and cPanel access. All cPanel logs are located in the /usr/local/cpanel/logs directory. /usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log This access_log contains all traffic to WHM, cPanel, and webmail over http. /usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_log This error_log contains all errors that occur when accessing a cPanel related site over http or https. FTP Regardless of FTP deamon in use, cPanel does log connections, uploads, and downloads. However, FTP does not have its own log file it is instead threaded into the systemside messages log file. /var/log/messages All FTP transactions are recorded in messages. They are however in
500 internal server error on one of my CPanel sites earlier tonight but the apache error logs
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in CPanel admin for that user showed nothing. Instead, I
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had to locate the global apache error logs. This information may help others so I've listed some cpanel windows server of the most useful CPanel/WHM log file locations below: Apache Logs General Error and Auditing Logs: Location : /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log Description : All exceptions caught by httpd https://www.liquidweb.com/kb/locations-of-common-log-files-on-cpanel-servers/ along with standard error output from CGI applications are logged here.. The first place you should look when httpd crashes or you incur errors when accessing website. Domain Access Logs: Location : /usr/local/apache/domlogs/domain.com Description : General access log file for each domain configured with cPanel. Apache Access Logs: Location : /usr/local/apache/logs/access_log Description : Complete https://www.flynsarmy.com/2011/10/location-of-error-logs-in-a-cpanel-install/ web server access log records all requests processed by the server. MySQL Logs MySQL General Information and Errors: Location : /var/lib/mysql/$(hostname).err Description : This path could vary, but is generally located in /var/lib/mysql. Could also be located at /var/log/mysqld.log For more log file locations, there are some great forum posts here and here. Related Posts!How to Load WordPress Assets Through Amazon CloudFront AutomaticallyCreate and Manage a RAID Array in UbuntuCreating a Basic ToDo Application in Laravel 5 - Part 4How to get Artisan Tinker Working in OSX 10 MAMP Share This If you have enjoyed this entry, please feel free to share it using one of the following social sites Twitter Delicious Reddit Digg StumbleUpon Donate Was this post helpful? Donate and keep a developer fed. Subscribe to RSS Feed Follow me on Twitter Archive Categories Database Javascript Linux PHP Uncategorized Donate Keep a developer fed and donate. Home Archive ET Portfolio Contact © 2016 Flynsarmy. All rights reserved.
Knowledge BasePagesBlogTagsPage tree Browse pagesConfigureSpace tools Attachments (0) Page History Page Information Resolved comments Link to this https://confluence2.cpanel.net/display/CKB/The+cPanel+Log+Files Page… View in Hierarchy View Source Export to PDF Export to Word Pages cPanel Knowledge Base The cPanel Product Skip to end of banner JIRA links Go http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=231108 to start of banner The cPanel Log Files Skip to end of metadata Created by Doc User, last modified on Aug 10, 2016 Go to start of error log metadata We last updated this page on: Aug 10, 2016 09:59 OverviewThis document describes the location of all of the log files in cPanel & WHM, Webmail, and MySQL®. This document also provides examples of each log file.The directories and files in this document reflect unaltered configurations on CentOS, CloudLinux™, RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and internal server error Amazon Linux. Note: You can alter a log file's location with a configuration file. GeneralFilepathDescriptionExample/var/log/messagesThis directory contains the login attempts and general error messages for the following services:FTPThe nameserver daemons (named or nsd).MyDNSThe SSH daemon (sshd).The Courier mail server. Warning: We removed the Courier mail server in cPanel & WHM version 54. The Courier mail server only exists for cPanel & WHM version 11.52 and earlier.The Dovecot mail server.Apache SpamAssassin™. Click to view... Nov 3 08:41:10 vm5 proftpd[684684]: 10.1.100.35 (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - FTP session opened. Nov 3 08:41:10 vm5 proftpd[684684]: 10.1.100.35 (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - FTP session closed. Nov 3 08:46:12 vm5 proftpd[684753]: 10.1.100.35 (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - FTP session opened. Nov 3 08:46:12 vm5 proftpd[684753]: 10.1.100.35 (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - FTP session closed. cPanel & WHM servicesFilesThe following table lists the log files for cPanel & WHM.FilepathDescriptionExample/usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_logThis file contains records of when a cPanel & WHM user accesses their account. Click to view... 192.168.0.20 - - [10/21/1985:16:42:23 -0000] "GET /.__cpanel__service__check__./serviceauth?sendkey=__HIDDEN__&version=1.2 HTTP/1.0" 200 0 "" "-" "-" "-" /usr/local/cpanel/addbandwidth.logThis file contains records of
Forums Hosting Software and Control Panels How do I view Cpanel's WHM error logs? If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Results 1 to 3 of 3 Thread: How do I view Cpanel's WHM error logs? Tweet Thread Tools Show Printable Version Subscribe to this Thread… Search Thread Advanced Search Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode 01-29-2004,05:45 PM #1 lexington View Profile View Forum Posts View Forum Threads Disabled Join Date Dec 2003 Posts 1,941 How do I view Cpanel's WHM error logs? Hello, I was told there is a lonk in Cpanel's WHM to view error logs but I cannot find it. Is it named something else? Reply With Quote 0 01-29-2004,05:51 PM #2 4Hosted View Profile View Forum Posts View Forum Threads Visit Homepage Disabled Join Date Dec 2003 Posts 467 I dont know of any Links. But in SSH you can view these logs. /usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log /usr/local/cpanel/logs/* /usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log If your looking to view your OWN cpanel log, its under Cpanel and not WHM and you just need to click on error log Reply With Quote 0 01-29-2004,05:56 PM #3 lexington View Profile View Forum Posts View Forum Threads Disabled Join Date Dec 2003 Posts 1,941 Thanks a lot that helps a lot, is there a website that displays all SSH commands in a list? All of the SSH sites I visited have 9000 pages and do not simply tell me I am looking for. Thanks Reply With Quote 0 Quick Navigation Hosting Software and Control Panels Top Site Areas Member Control Panel Private Messages Subscriptions Who's Online Search Forums Forums Home Forums Premium & Corporate Member Forums Premium & Corporate Members Marketing, Promotion, and Customer Service Infrastructure & Hosting Company Discussions Fraud and Abuse WebHostingTalk Subscribers Club Web Hosting Main Forums Industry Announcements Web Hosting Industry Announcements Providers and Network Outages and Updates Web Hosting i2C - Internet I