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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