cPanel Log Files

The list of Log files

This will help you for trouble shooting the problems

Instructions

Access log & cpsrvd user activity   /usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log

Account transfers & related activity   /var/cpanel/logs

Account activity audit log                   /var/cpanel/accounting.log

Account bandwidth history                   /var/cpanel/bandwidth

                                                        /var/cpanel/bandwidth.cache

Brute force protection (cphulkd)           /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cphulkd.log

Backup Logs                                   /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpbackup

cPanel installation log                           /var/log/cpanel-install-*

cpsrvd error log                                   /usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_log

cpsrvd login activity                           /usr/local/cpanel/logs/login_log

cpsrvd panic log                              /usr/local/cpanel/logs/panic_log

DNS server (named)                            /var/log/messages

EasyApache build logs                    /usr/local/cpanel/logs/easy/apache

FTP logins & misc.                            /var/log/messages

FTP transfer log                                    /var/log/xferlog

Horde                                             /var/cpanel/horde/log

Mail (IMAP, POP3 logins, etc.)          /var/log/maillog

Mail delivery system (Exim)              /var/log/exim_mainlog

                                                         /var/log/exim_paniclog

                                                         /var/log/exim_rejectlog

Mailman logs                                    /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/logs

MySQL system                                 /var/lib/mysql/<hostname>.err

                                                         /var/log/mysqld.log

Roundcube                                       /var/cpanel/roundcube/log

Server licensing                                /usr/local/cpanel/logs/license_log

Service status (chkservd) logs         /var/log/chkservd.log

SSHD logs                                       /var/log/messages

Squirrelmail                                     /var/cpanel/squirrelmail

suExec                                            /usr/local/apache/logs/suexec_log

suPHP                                            /usr/local/apache/logs/suphp_log

System resources (top N consumers)    /var/log/dcpumon/<year>/<mo>/<day>

Tailwatch (tailwatchd)                    /usr/local/cpanel/logs/tailwatch_log

Update system (UPCP) logs          /usr/cpanel/updatelogs/

Webdisk (cpdavd) system             /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpdavd_error_log

Website statistics logs                   /usr/local/cpanel/logs/stats_log

Web server (Apache) access logs    /usr/local/apache/domlogs/<domain>

Web server (Apache) error log     /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log