In this section, you are going to learn about the access log. The server access log will record all the requests processed by the server. The CustomLog directive controls the location and content of the access log. The LogFormat directive is used to select the contents of the logs.

Storing the information in the access log means starting log management. The next step will be analyzing the information that helps us get useful statistics. The Apache httpd has various versions, and these versions have used some other modules and directives to control access logging. You can configure the format of the access log. This format is specified using a format string.