{"id":11970,"date":"2021-10-16T12:34:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T12:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=11970"},"modified":"2024-04-23T13:20:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T12:20:20","slug":"view-server-logs-directadmin-log-viewer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/view-server-logs-directadmin-log-viewer\/","title":{"rendered":"How to View Server Logs with DirectAdmin Log Viewer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As an administrator of a VPS or dedicated hosting server, you will need to look at the system logs from time to time. DirectAdmin offers a convenient tool, Log Viewer, that lets you see many server logs without logging in to SSH or using bash commands.<\/p>\n<p>This article is for the VPS or dedicated server clients with admin access to DirectAdmin.<\/p>\n<h2>To Use the Log Viewer<\/h2>\n<p>1. Log in to DirectAdmin&#8217;s admin account.<\/p>\n<p>2. Go to the\u00a0<strong>System Info<\/strong> <strong>&amp; Files\u00a0<\/strong>section and click <strong>Log Viewer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/da_log_viewer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1198\" height=\"186\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Log Viewer panel will open.<\/p>\n<p>3. Select the log file you want to see from the dropdown list and click <strong>Load Log<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/da_log_viewer_load.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1587\" height=\"348\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Log Viewer will display the entries for the\u00a0log file.<\/p>\n<p><b>Y<\/b>ou can choose how to view the log entries with the <strong>Log View Options<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click on the\u00a0<strong>Lines<\/strong> or <strong>Grep<\/strong> option, which will open a new field box.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Here you can enter the number of rows of the log entries you want to view at a time by mentioning it in the <strong>Lines<\/strong> field.<\/li>\n<li>With <strong>Grep<\/strong>, you can search for a term in the log entries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/da_log_viewer_options.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1565\" height=\"236\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Re-click on the\u00a0<strong>Log View Options<\/strong>\u00a0to close the box and click on\u00a0<strong>Load Log<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That is how DirectAdmin users can view their server log files with Log Viewer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an administrator of a VPS or dedicated hosting server, you will need to look at the system logs from time to time. 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