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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 |
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/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 |
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/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 |
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/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 |
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/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 |
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/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 |
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/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 |
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/var/spool/exim/input | Log of queued incoming email messages. |
/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/logs | Account's Mailman logs. |
Memory Usage
Path | Description |
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/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 |
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/var/lib/mysql/HOSTNAME.err | cPanel account's MySQL databases and errors. |
Webservers
Path | Description |
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/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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