Where To Find the Log Files in cPanel

This article lists the common log file locations used by cPanel and explains the type of information each log contains. It helps you identify where to find logs for monitoring, troubleshooting, and server administration.

See the tables below for the list.

 

[/usr/local/apache/]

File location	Contents
/usr/local/apache/domlogs	cPanel individual domain logs
/usr/local/apache/domlogs/{DOMAIN}	Domain access logs
/usr/local/apache/logs/error_log	Web server and CGI application error log
/usr/local/apache/logs/suphp_log	suPHP audit log

 

[/usr/local/cpanel/] 

File location	Contents
/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailmain/logs	Mailman
/usr/local/cpanel/access_log	cPanel access log for both cPanel and WHM
/usr/local/cpanel/error_log	cPanel error log
/usr/local/cpanel/license_log	cPanel license log
/usr/local/cpanel/login_log	cPanel user login log
/usr/local/cpanel/melange.log	cPanel chat server log
/usr/local/cpanel/melange_msg.log	cPanel chat server message log
/usr/local/cpanel/stats_log	cPanel web stats log

 

[/usr/local/cpanel/logs/]

File location	Contents
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log	Access logs and user actions
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/build_locale_database_log	Locale database modifications
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpbackup	Backup logs
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpdavd_error_log	WebDisk (CPDAVD)
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/cphulkd.log	Brute force protection (cphulkd) log
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/dnsadmin_log	Cpanel dnsadmin dns clustering daemon
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/easy/apache/	EasyApache build logs
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_log	Error log
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/license_log	License updates and errors
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/login_log	Login errors (CPSRVD)
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/panic_log	Panic log
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/queueprocd.log	Cpanel taskqueue processing daemon
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/safeapcherestart_log	Apache restarts done through cPanel and WHM
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/setupdbmap_log	DBmapping
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/splitlogs_log	Processing of log splitting
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/stats_log	Website statistics log
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/tailwatch_log	Tailwatch driver tailwatchd log
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/updated_analysis/{TIMESTAMP}.log	Update analysis reporting

 

[/var/cpanel/]

File location	Contents
/var/cpanel/accounting.log	Auditing log (account creations, deletions, etc)
/var/cpanel/bandwidth.cache/{USERNAME}	Per account bandwidth history (Cached)
/var/cpanel/bandwidth/{USERNAME}	Per account bandwidth history (Human Readable)
/var/cpanel/horde/log/	Horde
/var/cpanel/logs	Account transfers and misc. logs
/var/cpanel/roundcube/log/	RoundCube
/var/cpanel/squirrelmail/	SquirrelMail
/var/cpanel/updatelogs/updated.{TIMESTAMP}.log	Update (UPCP) log

 

[/var/lib/mysql/] 

File location	Contents
/var/lib/mysql/{SERVER_NAME}.err	MySQL error log

 

[/var/log/] 

File location	Contents
/var/log/bandwidth	cPanel total bandwidth logs for the entire server
/var/log/chkservd.log	Service status logs
/var/log/clamav	clamav log directory
/var/log/cpanel	Installation log
/var/log/cpupdate.log	cPanel update log
/var/log/exim_mainlog	Exim email transaction log
/var/log/exim_paniclog	Unexpected/Fatal Exim error log
/var/log/exim_rejectlog	Exim rejected email log
/var/log/maillog [or] /var/log/messages	IMAP, POP login attempts, transactions, fatal errors and spam scoring
/var/log/slowqueries	MySQL slow query log (if enabled in my.cnf)

 

[/var/spool/exim/] 

File location	Contents
/var/spool/exim/input/	Incoming mail queue

 

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