Guides tagged “logs”

Step-by-step MdmHost guides about logs, sorted A-Z.

13 guides

  • Event Viewer basics on Windows Server

    Use Event Viewer on your Windows Server VPS to find errors, unexpected reboots, failed RDP logins and crashing apps, with filters, custom views and useful event IDs.

    BeginnerWindows Server VPS2 min read

  • Find website errors with the Plesk Log Browser

    Use the Plesk Log Browser to read Apache, Nginx and PHP error logs, filter by status code, watch logs in real time and diagnose 500, 502, 503 and 404 errors.

    IntermediatePlesk2 min read

  • Free up disk space on a Linux VPS

    Find what is using space, then safely clear package caches, systemd journal logs, old Docker data and large log files without breaking running services.

    BeginnerLinux server3 min read

  • How to find and read Apache access and error logs

    Find Apache's access and error logs on Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux, set up per-site logs, and pull out errors and top visitors with a few shell commands.

    BeginnerLinux server5 min read

  • How to read server logs to troubleshoot your website

    Where to find web, PHP, mail, database and system logs on cPanel hosting and a Linux VPS, and how to search them quickly to find the cause of an error.

    IntermediatecPanel hosting and Linux VPS2 min read

  • LiteSpeed logs and Real-Time Stats: monitor your web server (root guide)

    Read LiteSpeed error, access and stderr logs and use WebAdmin Real-Time Stats as root to find busy sites, slow PHP, throttled clients and configuration errors.

    AdvancedcPanel server with LiteSpeed (root)2 min read

  • Manage Linux services with systemctl and journalctl

    Start, stop, restart and enable services with systemctl, and read service logs with journalctl to find out why something failed on your Linux VPS.

    BeginnerLinux VPS2 min read

  • Monitor CPU, memory, disk and logs on a Linux server

    A practical toolkit for checking load, CPU, memory, disk, network and logs on a Linux VPS, with what each number means and when it is a problem.

    BeginnerLinux server3 min read

  • Node.js logs and debugging on cPanel and a VPS

    Find where your Node.js app writes its logs on cPanel, PM2 and systemd, read crash messages, add useful logging and debug safely in production.

    IntermediatecPanel hosting and Linux VPS2 min read

  • Read and manage Nginx access and error logs

    Find Nginx's access and error logs, understand each line, give every site its own log, set error_log levels, pull out top IPs and URLs, and keep logs rotated.

    BeginnerLinux server5 min read

  • Read website logs and statistics in DirectAdmin

    View access and error logs, bandwidth and disk usage, and AWStats or Webalizer statistics in DirectAdmin, and use them to find errors, bots and traffic spikes.

    IntermediateDirectAdmin2 min read

  • Troubleshoot WHMCS with System Health and logs

    Use WHMCS System Health, the Activity, Module, Gateway, Email and Ticket Import logs, and safe debug settings to find out why something in WHMCS is not working.

    IntermediateWHMCS2 min read

  • View and rotate Docker container logs

    Read, follow and filter Docker container logs, then set log rotation with max-size and max-file so container logs never fill your VPS disk again.

    BeginnerLinux server4 min read

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