cPanel and WHM Log Files.

The most important information that we will probably get are from the log files. If you are new to Cpanel/WHM you would like to know where the log files are located.

In Short /var/log is the place where you can find out all Linux related log files, but for applications such as Cpanel/WHM the log file locations are different.

Log Files

access_log — A file containing a record of IP addresses of visitors that have accessed sites hosted by your server. This file can be found at /usr/local/apache/logs/access_log.

cpdavd_error_log — A file that contains a record of errors that were encountered by cpdavd. This file can be found at /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpdavd_error_log.

cphulkd_errors_log — A file that contains a record of errors encountered by the cphulkd. This file can be found at /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cphulkd_errors.log.

error_log — A file that contains a record of errors encountered by the Apache web server. This file can be found at /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log.

license_log — A file that contains a record of errors that were encountered when cPanel checked its license. This can be found at /usr/local/cpanel/logs/license_log.

login_log — A file that contains a record of failed login attempts. This file can be found at/usr/local/cpanel/logs/login_log.

stats_log — A file that contains a record of the activities of cpanellogd, the daemon that compiles your server’s web statistics. This file can be found at /usr/local/cpanel/logs/stats_log.

tailwatchd_log — A file that contains a record of errors encountered by tailwatchd, the daemon that monitors your server’s logs. This can be found at /usr/local/cpanel/logs/tailwatchd_log.