{"id":1756,"date":"2021-06-28T13:05:27","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T07:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/?p=1756"},"modified":"2021-07-17T11:05:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T05:35:51","slug":"cpanel-logsapache-access-email-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/cpanel-logsapache-access-email-error\/","title":{"rendered":"cPanel Logs \u2013 Apache, Access, Email, Error, FTP, MySQL, WHM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/cpanel-log.png 643w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/cpanel-log-300x125.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cpanel.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">cPanel<\/a> uses a graphical interface to make <a href=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">web hosting<\/a> super easy, but there are command line tools you could familiarize yourself with for advanced troubleshooting. cPanel logs most activity that happens on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coimbatorewebhosting.com\/coimbatore-dedicated-hosting\/\">server<\/a> to log <a href=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/how-to-check-memory-usage-on-centos-server\/\" title=\"files so\" alt=\"files so\">files so<\/a> you can go back and review log entries for problems, instead of having to be on the server at the time of them happening.<\/p>\n<p>In this guide we will see the locations of the cPanel <a href=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/how-to-choose-the-raid-configuration-for-web-server\/\" title=\"log files\" alt=\"log files\">log files<\/a> for things such as access logs, <a href=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/firewall-rules-commands-iptables\/\" title=\"Apache web\" alt=\"Apache web\">Apache web<\/a> server logs, email logs, error logs, ftp logs, MySQL logs, and WHM logs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-229 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/chennaihosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/loglocationsposter.jpg?resize=720%2C1051\" alt=\"cPanel Logs - Apache, Access, Email, Error, FTP, MySQL, WHM\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"720\" height=\"1051\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the above image, you can see the log locations. However we will see the complete log lists and its location following by this image.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fittexted_for_content_h3\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"cPanel_logs\"><\/span>cPanel logs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<table class=\"article_table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Access logs and user actions<\/th>\n<td>\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/logs\/access_log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<th>Account transfers and misc. logs<\/th>\n<td>\/var\/cpanel\/logs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Auditing log (account creations, deletions, etc)<\/th>\n<td>\/var\/cpanel\/accounting.log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<th>Backup logs<\/th>\n<td>\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/logs\/cpbackup<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Brute force protection (cphulkd) log<\/th>\n<td>\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/logs\/cphulkd.log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<th>Cpanel dnsadmin dns clustering daemon<\/th>\n<td>\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/logs\/dnsadmin_log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cpanel taskqueue processing daemon<\/th>\n<td>\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/logs\/queueprocd.log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<th>DBmapping<\/th>\n<td>\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/logs\/setupdbmap_log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>EasyApache build logs<\/th>\n<td>\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/logs\/easy\/apache\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<th>Error log<\/th>\n<td>\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/logs\/error_log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Installation log<\/th>\n<td>\/var\/log\/cpanel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<th>License updates and errors<\/th>\n<td>\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/logs\/license_log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Locale database modifications<\/th>\n<td>\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/logs\/build_locale_database_log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<th>Login errors (CPSRVD)<\/th>\n<td>\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/logs\/login_log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Horde<\/th>\n<td>\/var\/cpanel\/horde\/log\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<th>RoundCube<\/th>\n<td>\/var\/cpanel\/roundcube\/log\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>SquirrelMail<\/th>\n<td>\/var\/cpanel\/squirrelmail\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<th>Panic log<\/th>\n<td>\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/logs\/panic_log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Per account bandwidth history (Cached)<\/th>\n<td>\/var\/cpanel\/bandwidth.cache\/{USERNAME}<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<th>Per account bandwidth history (Human Readable)<\/th>\n<td>\/var\/cpanel\/bandwidth\/{USERNAME}<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Service status logs<\/th>\n<td>\/var\/log\/chkservd.log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<th>Tailwatch driver tailwatchd log<\/th>\n<td>\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/logs\/tailwatch_log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Update analysis reporting<\/th>\n<td>\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/logs\/updated_analysis\/{TIMESTAMP}.log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<th>Update (UPCP) log<\/th>\n<td>\/var\/cpanel\/updatelogs\/updated.{TIMESTAMP}.log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>WebDisk (CPDAVD)<\/th>\n<td>\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/logs\/cpdavd_error_log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<th>Website statistics log<\/th>\n<td>\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/logs\/stats_log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 class=\"fittexted_for_content_h2\"><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"fittexted_for_content_h3\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"cPanel_access_log\"><\/span>cPanel access log<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<table class=\"article_table\" width=\"800\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Access logs and user actions<\/th>\n<td>\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/logs\/access_log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fittexted_for_content_h3\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"cPanel_apache_log\"><\/span>cPanel apache log<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<table class=\"article_table\" width=\"799\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<th>Apache restarts done through cPanel and WHM<\/th>\n<td>\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/logs\/safeapcherestart_log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Domain access logs<\/th>\n<td>\/usr\/local\/apache\/domlogs\/{DOMAIN}<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<th>Processing of log splitting<\/th>\n<td>\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/logs\/splitlogs_log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>suPHP audit log<\/th>\n<td>\/usr\/local\/apache\/logs\/suphp_log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<th>Web server and CGI application error log<\/th>\n<td>\/usr\/local\/apache\/logs\/error_log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fittexted_for_content_h3\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"cPanel_email_log\"><\/span>cPanel email log<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<table class=\"article_table\" width=\"797\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Delivery and receipt log<\/th>\n<td>\/var\/log\/exim_mainlog<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<th>Incoming mail queue<\/th>\n<td>\/var\/spool\/exim\/input\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Log of messages rejected basedon ACLS or other policies<\/th>\n<td>\/var\/log\/exim_rejectlog<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<th>Unexpected\/Fatal error log<\/th>\n<td>\/var\/log\/exim_paniclog<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>IMAP, POP login attempts, transactions,fatal errors and spam scoring<\/th>\n<td>\/var\/log\/maillog<br \/>\n\/var\/log\/messages<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fittexted_for_content_h3\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"MySQL_log\"><\/span>MySQL log<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<table class=\"article_table\" width=\"800\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<th>MySQL error log<\/th>\n<td>\/var\/lib\/mysql\/{SERVER_NAME}.err<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>MySQL slow query log (if enabled in my.cnf)<\/th>\n<td>\/var\/log\/slowqueries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From this you find where to begin looking if you suspect problems on your cPanel server.<\/p>\n<p>Hope this post helps your need, Please share your comments to 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