Logging Actions Performed by Your Customers in the Control Panel
You may wish to keep track of actions performed by various users in the system. All actions will be recorded in a log file that you will be able to download for viewing later on. The following system events (actions) can be logged:
- Administrator information changed
- System service restarted, started, or stopped
- IP address added, removed, changed
- Client account created, deleted, personal or system information changed
- The status of client account changed (enabled/disabled)
- Client's interface preferences changed
- Client's IP pool changed
- The limit on disk space is reached for a client account
- The limit on traffic is reached for a client account
- The limit on disk space is reached for a domain
- The limit on traffic is reached for a domain
- Domain administrator account properties changed
- Domain created, deleted, settings changed
- Domain status changed (enabled/disabled)
- DNS zone updated for a domain
- Subdomain created, deleted, settings changed
- Client account limits changed
- Client's permissions changed
- Domain limits changed
- Users logged in and out of the Control Panel
- Mail names created, deleted, changed
- Mailing list created, deleted, changed
- Physical hosting created, deleted, changed
- Web user account created, deleted, changed
- Site application installed, reconfigured, uninstalled
- Site application package installed, uninstalled
- License key updated
To configure the action log settings:
- Select the Server shortcut in the navigation pane.
- Click the
Action Log icon in the Control Panel group. - In the Logged actions group, select the actions to be logged using the checkboxes.
- In the Store records in the database field, specify the action log cleaning options: on a daily, weekly or monthly basis, or in accordance with the specified number of records stored in the database.
- To retain all action log records, select the Do not remove records option.
- To apply all the changes made, click OK.
To download the action log to the local machine:
- Select the Server shortcut in the navigation pane.
- Click the
Action Log icon in the Control Panel group. - In the Log files section, select the time period using the drop-down boxes, and click Download.
The dialog window will open, prompting you to select the location for the downloaded log file to be saved to.
- Select the location, and click Save.
To clear the action log:
- Select the Server shortcut in the navigation pane.
- Click the
Action Log icon in the Control Panel group. - In the Log files section, click the Clear Log button.