The cPanel Log Files

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The cPanel Log Files
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Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Filepath - /var/log/messages
• Filepath - /home/username/.cpanel/logs
• Filepath - /usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log
• Some More Filepaths

• Filepaths Continued
• More Information on Filepaths
• Filepaths Information
• Filepaths Information Continued

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Introduction

• The aim of this PPT is to provide information
  about the location of the log files in cPanel
  WHM. A log files location can be altered with a
  configuration file. The log files that are being
  mentioned here show unaltered configurations.
• For example, the filepath, /var/log/secure. The
  login attempts for the SSH daemon (sshd) are
  contained in this file.

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Filepath - /var/log/messages

• The login attempts and general error messages for
  the below-mentioned services are contained in
  this file.
• FTP
• named or bind
• The nameserver daemons
• MyDNS
• PowerDNS
• The Courier mail server
• The SSH daemon (sshd)
• NSD
• The Dovecot mail server
• An important point that needs to be mentioned
  here is that the Courier mail server has been
  removed in cPanel WHM version 54. It exists
  only for cPanel WHM version 11.52 and earlier.

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Filepath - /home/username/.cpanel/logs

• The records of errors within the task queue of a
  user are contained in this directory.

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• Whoa! Thats a big number, arent you
  proud?

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• The records of errors within the task queue of a
  user are contained in this directory.

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Filepath - /usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log

• This file has the records regarding access for
  accounts of cPanel WHM users. These records are
  displayed by the system in a standardized text
  format, which is known as the Common Log Format.
• To digress, cPanel is a web hosting control
  panel. Web hosting is the service provided by web
  hosting service providers, such as HTS Hosting,
  for rendering websites accessible over the
  Internet. High quality of service at affordable
  prices ensures that a web hosting company gains
  the reputation of being the Best Website Hosting
  Company or the Best Cloud Hosting Company, or
  the Best Windows Hosting Company.

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Some More Filepaths

• /usr/local/cpanel/build/locale_database_log
  Information regarding when a user edits a locale
  is contained in this file.
• /usr/local/cpanel/logs/api_tokens_log The API
  token logs of WHM are contained in this file.
• /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpdavd_error_log The
  error logs of WebDisk are contained in this file.
• /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpdavd_session_log The
  activity logs of WebDisk are contained in this
  file.
• /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpgreylistd.log The
  activity logs of the Greylisting daemon are
  contained in this file.
• /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cphulkd_errors.log The
  error logs of the Brute Force Protection daemon
  are contained in this file.

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Filepaths Continued

• /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cphulkd.log The activity
  logs of the cphulkd daemon are contained in this
  file.
• /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpwrapd_log The
  activity logs of the cPanel WHM service manager
  daemon are contained in this file.
• /usr/local/cpanel/logs/dnsadmin_log The
  dnsadmin request logs are contained in this file.
• /usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_log The general
  errors in cPanel WHM are contained in this
  file.
• /usr/local/cpanel/logs/incoming_http_requests.log
  The logs of connection requests to the server
  of the cPanel account are contained in this file.
• /usr/local/cpanel/logs/license_log The license
  update logs and license errors of the server are
  contained in this file.

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More Information on Filepaths

• /usr/local/cpanel/logs/login_log The login
  attempts to the cpsrvd daemon are contained in
  this file.
• /usr/local/cpanel/logs/queueprocd.log The logs
  of the cPanel TaskQueue Processing daemon are
  contained in this file.
• /usr/local/cpanel/logs/safeapacherestart_log
  Information regarding Apaches each restart on
  the server is contained in this file.
• /usr/local/cpanel/logs/session_log The logs of
  the activities of a user while he/she is logged
  into the cPanel account are contained in this
  file.
• /usr/local/cpanel/logs/setupdbmap_log The
  activities of the database of a cPanel account
  are contained in this file.
• /usr/local/cpanel/logs/stats_log The bandwidth
  statistics for the cPanel accounts of all of the
  servers are contained in this file.

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Filepaths Information

• /usr/local/cpanel/logs/tailwatchd_log The
  Tailwatch Drivers logs are contained in this
  file.
• /usr/local/cpanel/logs/panic_log The most
  severe error logs of a cPanel account are
  contained in this file.
• /usr/local/cpanel/logs/php-fpm/error.log The
  PHP-FPM implementation errors are contained in
  this file. The errors for the cpsrvd and cpdavd
  services are included in these errors. The errors
  for customer sites are not included in this file.
  
• /var/cpanel/php-fpm/USER/logs/slow.log Those
  scripts that run unusually slow for a user, are
  contained in this file. It needs to be mentioned
  here that the term USER represents the account
  name of the cPanel.
• /var/cpanel/php-fpm/USER/logs/error.log The
  error logs of a user are contained in this file.
  The term USER represents the account name of
  the cPanel.
• /var/cpanel.bandwidth.cache A servers each
  cPanel accounts cached bandwidth history is
  contained in this file.

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Filepaths Information Continued

• /var/cpanel/accounting.log Records related to
  the actions of cPanel account are contained in
  it. Examples of such actions are creation and
  deletion.
• /var/log/chkservd.log The service status logs
  are contained in this file.
• /var/log/cpanel-install.log The installation
  logs of cPanel WHM are contained in this file.

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