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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. To make any sense of it, you need 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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