Log Locations
Common Log Locations:
Apache
Domain access logs:
/usr/local/apache/domlogs/<DOMAIN>
Site and service error logs:
/usr/local/apache/logs/error_log
SuExec audit log:
/usr/local/apache/logs/suexec_log
SuPHP audit log:
/usr/local/apache/logs/suphp_log
cPanel
Service status:
/var/log/chkservd.log
Service status:
/var/log/chkservd.log
Access and user actions:
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log
Exim
(see exim )
Fatal errors:
/var/log/exim_paniclog
Incoming mail queue:
/var/spool/exim/input
Exim Messages rejected based on ACLs or other policies:
/var/log/exim_rejectlog
Exim Delivery and receipt:
/var/log/exim_mainlog
IMAP, POP login attempts, transactions, fatal errors and spam scoring:
/var/log/maillog
/var/log/messages
System
Cron:
/var/log/cron
Most other logs:
/var/log/messages
MySQL database logs:
/var/log/mysqld.log
Full List of cPanel Logs
S.No log file location Description 1 Cpanel installation logs /var/log/cpanel-install.log 2 Cpanel Access Logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log 3 Cpanel Error Logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_log 4 Cpanel License Logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/license_log 5 Cpanel Login Logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/login_log 6 cPHulk Brute Force Logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cphulkd.log 7 Cpanel/WHM Accounting (account creations, deletions, etc) Logs /var/cpanel/accounting.log 8 Cpanel Bandwidth Logs /var/cpanel/bandwidth/(account user name) 9 Cpanel/WHM Service monitor Logs /var/log/chkservd.log 10 Cpanel Stats Daemon Logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/stats_log 11 Cpanel backup Logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpbackup 12 Update (UPCP) Log /var/cpanel/updatelogs/update-(TIMESTAMP).log 13 cPanel/WHM webalizer/awstats logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/stats_log 14 SquirrelMail /var/cpanel/squirrelmail 15 RoundCube /var/cpanel/roundcube/log 16 Horde /var/cpanel/horde/log 17 tailwatchd log /usr/local/cpanel/logs/tailwatch_log 18 EasyApache Build Logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/easy/apache/ 19 Apache Access Logs /usr/local/apache/logs/access_log 20 Apache Error Logs /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log 21 Domain Access Logs /usr/local/apache/domlogs/domain.com 22 Ftp Logs /var/log/messages /var/log/xferlog (symlinked to /usr/local/apache/domlogs/ftpxferlog) 23 Exim Sent/received /var/log/exim_mainlog 24 Rejected mail logs /var/log/exim_rejectlog 25 Unexpected/Fatal Error Log /var/log/exim_paniclog 26 Courier, Dovecot, SpamAssassin & IMAP /var/log/maillog 27 Incoming mail queue /var/spool/exim/input/ 28 Mailman Logs /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailmain/logs 29 mysql logs /val/log/mysqld.log /var/lib/mysql/$(HOSTNAME).err 30 Tomcat Logs /usr/local/jakarta/tomcat/logs/catalina.err /usr/local/jakarta/tomcat/logs/catalina.out 31 Cron Logs /var/log/cron 32 ModSecurity Logs /usr/local/apache/logs/modsec_audit.log /usr/local/apache/logs/modsec_debug_log 33 Named/Bind (DNS) logs /var/log/messages 34 PostgreSQL database server logs /var/log/pgsql 35 cPanel/WHM version checking /usr/local/cpanel/version 36 SSH Logs /var/log/secure
References
cPanel Log Locations Poster: