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Plesk Locations of Logs

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Logs are the files created by the service, consisting of activities and actions performed. This article will cover the location of logs files, specifically the Plesk control panel. Learn more about Plesk locations of logs.

Plesk Control Panel Logs

DescriptionLocation
Error Logs I/var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
Error Logs II/var/log/sw-cp-server/sw-engine.log
Access Logs/usr/local/psa/admin/logs/httpsd_access_log
Panel Logs/usr/local/psa/admin/logs/panel.log

Web Presence Builder Logs

DescriptionLocation
Error Logs/usr/local/psa/admin/logs/sitebuilder.log
Install/Upgrade Logs/usr/local/sb/tmp/

SSO Logs

DescriptionLocation
Error Logs/var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
SSO Logs/var/log/sso/sso.log

Backup Manager Logs

DescriptionLocation
Backups/usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/backup-{datetime}
Restorations/usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/restore-{datetime}

Migration Manager Logs

DescriptionLocation
Migration/usr/local/psa/PMM/logs/migration-{datetime}

Health Monitor Manager/Notification Logs

DescriptionLocation
Alarms/usr/local/psa/admin/logs/health-alarm.log

Third Party Apps/Services Logs

DescriptionLocation
MySQL/var/log/mysqld.log
PostgreSQL/var/lib/pgsql/pgstartup.log
Apache Global/varl/log/httpd
Apache Domain Specific/var/www/vhosts/{domain}/logs
NGINX Error Log/var/log/nginx/error.log
NGINX Access Log/var/log/nginx/access.log
NGINX Domain Specific/var/www/vhosts//logs/proxy_access*_log
Tomcat/var/log/tomcat5/*
FTP/usr/local/psa/var/log/xferlog
Xinetd/var/log/messages
BIND/var/log/messages
Courier-IMAP/usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
Postfix/usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
Qmail/usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
Horde/var/log/psa-horde/psa-horde.log
Roundcube/var/log/plesk-roundcube/errors
Mailman/var/log/mailman/*
SpamAssassin/usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
phpMyAdmin/var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
phpPgAdmin/var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
Watchdog (monit)/usr/local/psa/var/modules/watchdog/log/wdcollect.log
Watchdog (rkhunter)/var/log/rkhunter.log

Conclusion

Now that we’ve gone over the default location of the logs files specifically for the Plesk control panel, this article will surely help you resolve the issues related to the services.

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