This article covers the configuration file and log file locations of 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 |
cPanel apache logs
| 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 |
