cPanel Log File Locations

This is a shortlist of various log files for various applications on your Cpanel server. I have listed the application / service name and the location of the log files associated with it.

cPanel Installation Logs:
/var/log/cpanel-install-thread0.log
Apache:
/usr/local/apache/logs/access_log
/usr/local/apache/logs/error_log
Apache domlogs:
/usr/local/apache/domlogs/example.com
Apache SUEXEC Logs:
/usr/local/apache/logs/suexec_log
MySQL
/var/lib/mysql/hostname.err
BIND (named) Log:
/var/log/messages
Exim
/var/log/exim_mainlog
/var/log/exim_paniclog
/var/log/exim_rejectlog
Courier or Dovecot IMAP
/var/log/maillog
Tomcat Logs:
/usr/local/jakarta/tomcat/logs/catalina.err
/usr/local/jakarta/tomcat/logs/catalina.out
cPanel Access Log:
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log
cPanel Error Log:
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_log
cPanel License Log:
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/license_log
Stats Execution Logs:
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/stats_log
ChkServd (cPanel Monitoring Daemon) Logs:
/var/log/chkservd.log
cPHulkd
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/cphulkd.log
cPanel Backup Logs:
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpbackup/*.log
Pure-FTP
/var/log/messages
/var/log/xferlog (symlinked to /usr/local/apache/domlogs/ftpxferlog)
Cron Logs:
/var/log/cron
SSH Logs:
/var/log/secure
ModSecurity:
/usr/local/apache/logs/modsec_audit.log
/usr/local/apache/logs/modsec_debug_log

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