WHM / CPanel LOG Files and locations.

WHM / CPanel LOG Files and locations.

cPanel logs

Access logs and user actions /usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log
Account transfers and misc. logs /var/cpanel/logs
Auditing log (account creations, deletions, etc) /var/cpanel/accounting.log
Backup logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpbackup
Brute force protection (cphulkd) log /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cphulkd.log
Cpanel dnsadmin dns clustering daemon /usr/local/cpanel/logs/dnsadmin_log
Cpanel taskqueue processing daemon /usr/local/cpanel/logs/queueprocd.log
DBmapping /usr/local/cpanel/logs/setupdbmap_log
EasyApache build logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/easy/apache/
Error log /usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_log
Installation log /var/log/cpanel
License updates and errors /usr/local/cpanel/logs/license_log
Locale database modifications /usr/local/cpanel/logs/build_locale_database_log
Login errors (CPSRVD) /usr/local/cpanel/logs/login_log
Horde /var/cpanel/horde/log/
RoundCube /var/cpanel/roundcube/log/
SquirrelMail /var/cpanel/squirrelmail/
Panic log /usr/local/cpanel/logs/panic_log
Per account bandwidth history (Cached) /var/cpanel/bandwidth.cache/{USERNAME}
Per account bandwidth history (Human Readable) /var/cpanel/bandwidth/{USERNAME}
Service status logs /var/log/chkservd.log
Tailwatch driver tailwatchd log /usr/local/cpanel/logs/tailwatch_log
Update analysis reporting /usr/local/cpanel/logs/updated_analysis/{TIMESTAMP}.log
Update (UPCP) log /var/cpanel/updatelogs/updated.{TIMESTAMP}.log
WebDisk (CPDAVD) /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpdavd_error_log
Website statistics log /usr/local/cpanel/logs/stats_log

cPanel access log

Access logs and user actions /usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log

cPanel apache log

Apache restarts done through cPanel and WHM /usr/local/cpanel/logs/safeapcherestart_log
Domain access logs /usr/local/apache/domlogs/{DOMAIN}
Processing of log splitting /usr/local/cpanel/logs/splitlogs_log
suPHP audit log /usr/local/apache/logs/suphp_log
Web server and CGI application error log /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log

cPanel email log

Delivery and receipt log /var/log/exim_mainlog
Incoming mail queue /var/spool/exim/input/
Log of messages rejected based on ACLS or other policies /var/log/exim_rejectlog
Unexpected/Fatal error log /var/log/exim_paniclog
IMAP, POP login attempts, transactions, fatal errors and spam scoring /var/log/maillog /var/log/messages
Mailman /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailmain/logs

MySQL log

MySQL error log /var/lib/mysql/{SERVER_NAME}.err
MySQL slow query log (if enabled in my.cnf) /var/log/slowqueries
 
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