Locations of Common Log Files and Configuration Files for cPanel Services
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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 |
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 |
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