How to Download Logs in HestiaCP

Prerequisites

Before downloading logs, make sure you have:

• SSH access to your VPS
• Local machine with SCP or SFTP client

Method 1: Download via SCP

On your local computer:

scp hxroot@YOUR_SERVER_IP:/home/admin/logs/example.com/access.log ~/Desktop/

scp hxroot@YOUR_SERVER_IP:/home/admin/logs/example.com/error.log ~/Desktop/

Method 2: Download via SFTP (FileZilla)

1. Open FileZilla
2. Connect to YOUR_SERVER_IP as hxroot
3. Navigate to /home/admin/logs/example.com/
4. Drag files to local directory

Method 3: Compress and Download Large Logs

On server, compress first:

ssh hxroot@YOUR_SERVER_IP -p 22

gzip /home/admin/logs/example.com/access.log

Now download the .gz file:

scp hxroot@YOUR_SERVER_IP:/home/admin/logs/example.com/access.log.gz ~/Desktop/

Download All Logs for a Domain

tar -czf /tmp/example_logs.tar.gz /home/admin/logs/example.com/
scp hxroot@YOUR_SERVER_IP:/tmp/example_logs.tar.gz ~/Desktop/

Download via HestiaCP Web Interface

HestiaCP does not have direct log download. Use SSH methods above.

Automated Log Collection Script

#!/bin/bash
# Download all logs for analysis
mkdir log_collection
cp /home/admin/logs/example.com/*.log log_collection/
tar -czf logs_$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz log_collection/
echo "Logs ready: logs_$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz"

✅ Logs have been downloaded successfully.