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 |
