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How to find System and cPanel log file’s locations
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Should you run into issues with your VPS server and wish to investigate, you’ll be reassured to know that a comprehensive suite of log files are available to review.
Log in to your server using SSH and navigate to the location in which the relevant log file is stored.
General
| Path | Description |
|---|---|
| /var/log/secure | Login attempts for the SSH daemon (sshd). |
| /var/log/messages | General error messages and server login attempts for the following services: The nameserver daemons named or bind; MyDNS; PowerDNS; NSD; The SSH daemon (sshd); The Dovecot mail server; FTP |
cPanel & WHM services
File services
| Path | Description |
|---|---|
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log | Records of cPanel & WHM user access. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/build/locale_database_log | Information about when a user edits a locale. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/api_tokens_log | WHM's API tokens logs. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpdavd_error_log | Web Disk's error logs. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpdavd_session_log | Web Disk's activity logs. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpgreylistd.log | Greylisting daemon's (cpgreylistd) activity logs. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cphulkd_errors.log | Brute Force Protection daemon's (cphulkd) error logs. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cphulkd.log | cphulkd daemon's activity logs. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpwrapd_log | cPanel & WHM service manager daemon's (cpsrvd) activity logs. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/dnsadmin.log | dnsadmin request logs. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_log | cPanel account's error logs. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/incoming_http_requests.log | Logs of connection requests to the cPanel account's server. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/license_log | cPanel account's license update logs and license errors. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/login_log | Login attempts to the cpsrvd daemon. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/queueprocd.log | cPanel TaskQueue Processing daemon's (queueprocd) logs. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/safeapacherestart_log | Information about each time that Apache restarted on the server. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/session_log | Logs of a user's activities while they are logged into the cPanel account. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/setupdbmap_log | cPanel account's database-related activities. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/stats_log | Bandwidth statistics for all of the server's cPanel accounts. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/tailwatchd_log | Tailwatch Driver's (tailwatchd) logs. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/panic_log | A cPanel account's severe error logs. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/php-fpm/error.log | PHP-FPM implementation's errors. These errors include errors for the cpsrvd and cpdavd services. |
| /var/cpanel/php-fpm/USER/logs/slow.log | Details of scripts that run unusually slow for a user. |
| /var/cpanel/php-fpm/USER/logs/error.log | User's error logs. |
| /var/cpanel.bandwidth.cache | Cached bandwidth history for each cPanel account on your server. |
| /var/cpanel/accounting.log | Records of cPanel account actions such as creation and deletion. |
| /var/log/chkservd.log | Service status logs. |
| /var/log/cpanel-install.log | cPanel & WHM installation logs. |
Directories
| Path | Description |
|---|---|
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpbackup | cPanel backup log files. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpbackup_transporter | cPanel Backup Transporter's log files. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/easy/apache | EasyApache build log files. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/logs/update_analysis | Update process's .tar files. |
| /var/cpanel/bandwidth/username | Account's bandwidth usage logs. |
| /var/cpanel/logs | Account transfer log files and other miscellaneous log files. |
| /var/cpanel/updatelogs | System's update log files. |
| /var/cpanel/logs/mysql_upgrade.log | Account's MySQL upgrade logs. |
| /var/cpanel/horde/log | Log files for Horde. |
| /var/cpanel/squirrelmail | Log files for SquirrelMail. |
| /var/cpanel/roundcube/log | Log files for RoundCube. |
| /var/cpanel/transfer_session | Subdirectories for transfer and restore sessions. |
FTP
Files
| Path | Description |
|---|---|
| /usr/local/apache/domlogs/ftpxferlog | FTP transaction logs for all of the cPanel account's users who run EasyApache 3. |
| /etc/apache2/logs/domlogs/ftpxferlog | FTP transaction logs for all of the cPanel account's users who run EasyApache 4. |
Directories
| Path | Description |
|---|---|
| /etc/apache2/logs/domlogs | FTP transaction logs for all of the cPanel account's domains which exist on webservers that run Easy Apache 4. |
| /usr/local/apache/domlogs | FTP transaction logs for all of the cPanel account's domains which exist on webservers that run Easy Apache 3. |
Files
| Path | Description |
|---|---|
| /var/log/exim_mainlog | Exim's mail receipt and delivery logs for the cPanel account's domains. |
| /var/log/exim_rejectlog | A log of messages that the system rejected due to ACLs. |
| /var/log/exim_paniclog | Exim's severe error logs. |
| /var/log/maillog | IMAP and POP3 login attempts; transactions; fatal errors and Apache SpamAssassin™ scores. |
Directories
| Path | Description |
|---|---|
| /var/spool/exim/input | Log of queued incoming email messages. |
| /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/logs | Account's Mailman logs. |
Memory Usage
| Path | Description |
|---|---|
| /var/log/dcpumon/YYYY/MMM/DD | Information about the processes that consume the most CPU and memory. |
| /var/log/munin | The account's Munin logs. Munin is a cPanel plugin that displays information about CPU; Exim; Apache; MySQL usage and other information with the rrdtool utility. |
MySQL
| Path | Description |
|---|---|
| /var/lib/mysql/HOSTNAME.err | cPanel account's MySQL databases and errors. |
Webservers
| Path | Description |
|---|---|
| /usr/local/apache/domlogs/DOMAIN | Information about when a visitor accessed a domain which exists on a webserver that runs EasyApache 3. |
| /etc/apache2/logs/domlogs/DOMAIN | Information about when a visitor accessed a domain which exists on a webserver that runs EasyApache 4. |
| /var/log/apache2/modsec_audit.log | Log information for ModSecurity. |
| /var/log/apache2/suexec_log | Information about suExec audit logs. |
| /var/log/apache2/suphp_log | Information about the suPHP Apache module audit logs. |
| /var/log/apache2/error_log | Error logs for webservers and CGI Applications. |
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