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How do I create logs for my Virtual Host?

Answer

To create Error and Transfer (Access) Logs for your virtual hosts you will need to do the following:

FTP into your virtual server.

After logging into FTP, you would go to your "/www/conf/" directory and download the "httpd.conf" file (ASCII mode).

At the end of the 'httpd.conf' file you will find one (1) block for each of your virtual hosts.

<VirtualHost example.com>
ServerAlias www.example.com
ServerName example.com
ServerAdmin whatever@email.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/example
#ErrorLog logs/example.com-error_log
#TransferLog logs/example.com-access_log
</VirtualHost>

To allow logging for that virtual host, remove the # symbol located in front of "ErrorLog" and "TransferLog" like this:

<VirtualHost example.com>
ServerAlias www.example.com
ServerName example.com
ServerAdmin whatever@email.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/example
ErrorLog logs/example.com-error_log
TransferLog logs/example.com-access_log
</VirtualHost>

Save the file and upload the 'httpd.conf' back into the '/www/conf/' directory.

That's it! Access and Error logs for 'example.com' will now go to the specified files. Using the "logs/" at the beginning will place the new logs in the same place as your original logs (/www/logs).

NOTE: Remember to clear (delete) logs regularly, as the can accumulate over a period of time and will go against your alloted web space (there is a fee if you go over your alloted space!)

We have recently added the QuickStats Program so you can setup a graphical analyzer for the logs you have created.

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