cPanel Application Log Files Location
First, this is a shortlist of a variety of log documents for different applications on your cPanel VPS.
cPanel Installation Logs:Code:
/var/log/cpanel-install-thread0.log
Apache:Code:
/usr/local/apache/logs/access_log
/usr/local/apache/logs/error_log
domlogs:Code:
/usr/local/apache/domlogs/example.com
SUEXEC Logs:Code:
/usr/local/apache/logs/suexec_log
MySQLCode:
/var/lib/mysql/hostname.err
BIND (named) Log:Code:
/var/log/messages
EximCode:
/var/log/exim_mainlog
/var/log/exim_paniclog
/var/log/exim_rejectlog’
Courier or Dovecot IMAPCode:
/var/log/maillog
Tomcat Logs:Code:
/usr/local/jakarta/tomcat/logs/catalina.err
/usr/local/jakarta/tomcat/logs/catalina.out
Access Log:Code:
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log
Error Log:Code:
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_log
License Log:Code:
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/license_log
Stats Execution Logs:Code:
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/stats_log
ChkServd (cPanel Monitoring Daemon) Logs:Code:
/var/log/chkservd.log
cPHulkdCode:
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/cphulkd.log
cPanel Backup Logs:Code:
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpbackup/*.log
Pure-FTPCode:
/var/log/messages
/var/log/xferlog (symlinked to /usr/local/apache/domlogs/ftpxferlog)
Cron Logs:Code:
/var/log/cron
SSH Logs:Code:
/var/log/secure
ModSecurity:Code:
/usr/local/apache/logs/modsec_audit.log
/usr/local/apache/logs/modsec_debug_log
Install this plugin to view/check/delete/rotate/tail logs files
PHP Code:
LogView Installation
wget http://www.logview.org/logview-install
chmod +x logview-install
./logview-install
rm -f logview-install