Locations of Common Log Files and Configuration Files for cPanel Services
This article covers the configuration files and the log file locations of the most common cPanel services.
cPanel service log file location
cPanel logs
cPanel access logs and user actions /usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log
cPanel account transfers and other logs /var/cpanel/logs
Audit logs for account creation, deletion, etc. /var/cpanel/accounting.log
cPanel backup logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpbackup
Brute force protection (cphulkd) logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cphulkd.log
EasyApache build logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/easy/apache/
cPanel error logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_log
Installation logs /var/log/cpanel
cPanel license update and error logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/license_log
cPanel login errors /usr/local/cpanel/logs/login_log
Horde logs /var/cpanel/horde/log/
RoundCube logs /var/cpanel/roundcube/log/
SquirrelMail logs /var/cpanel/squirrelmail/
cPanel panic logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/panic_log
Bandwidth history per cPanel account (Cached) /var/cpanel/bandwidth.cache/{USERNAME}
Bandwidth history per cPanel account (Human Readable) /var/cpanel/bandwidth/{USERNAME}
Service status logs /var/log/chkservd.log
Tailwatch driver tailwatchd logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/tailwatch_log
Update (UPCP) logs /var/cpanel/updatelogs/updated.{TIMESTAMP}.log
Website statistics logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/stats_log
Apache restart logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/safeapcherestart_log
Domain access logs /usr/local/apache/domlogs/{DOMAIN}
suPHP audit logs /usr/local/apache/logs/suphp_log
Web server and CGI application error logs /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log
cPanel email logs
Email delivery and receipt logs /var/log/exim_mainlog
Incoming mail queue /var/spool/exim/input/
Rejected email logs based on ACLS or other policies /var/log/exim_rejectlog
Fatal error logs /var/log/exim_paniclog
IMAP & POP login attempts, transactions, and errors logs /var/log/maillog and /var/log/messages
Mailman logs /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailmain/logs
MySQL logs
MySQL error logs /var/lib/mysql/{SERVER_NAME}.err
MySQL slow query logs when enabled /var/log/slowqueries
cPanel service configuration file location
cPanel configuration file
Configuration file Path
cpanel.config /var/cpanel/cpanel.config
Apache configuration file
Configuration file Path
httpd.conf /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf OR usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf
Bind configuration file
Configuration file Path
named.conf /etc/named.conf
Exim configuration file
Configuration file Path
exim.conf /etc/exim.conf
Proftp FTP server configuration file
Configuration file Path
proftpd.conf /etc/proftpd.conf
Pureftp FTP server configuration file
Configuration file Path
pure-ftpd.conf /etc/pure-ftpd.conf
MySQL configuration file
Configuration file Path
my.cnf /etc/my.cnf
PHP configuration file
Configuration file Path
php.ini /usr/local/lib/php.ini
Networking configuration file
Configuration file Path
Host entries /etc/hosts
Resolver Configuration /etc/resolv.conf
Nameserver IPs /etc/nameserverips
ClamAV configuration file
Configuration file Path
clamav.conf /etc/clamav.conf
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