The Raw Access interface in cPanel provides a simple, no-frills view of who visits your website by giving you direct access to your server's raw access logs. Unlike other tools like Visitors or Bandwidth, this interface does not include visualizations or graphs—just the raw data.

📌 What It Offers:

• Downloadable raw Apache log files
• Data includes IP addresses, timestamps, requested URLs, user agents, and status codes
• Allows manual analysis or use with custom log-parsing software

✅ How to Access:

• Log in to your cPanel account.
• Scroll to the Metrics section.
• Click on Raw Access.
• Select the domain you wish to view logs for.
• Download the .gz compressed file to your local system.
• Extract and open it using a text editor or log analysis tool.

🔍 Why It’s Useful:

• Ideal for advanced users or developers
• Lets you import logs into third-party analytics or security tools
• Useful for manual security auditing
• Allows forensic tracking of suspicious activity or site issues
• Can help with custom traffic analysis that standard tools don't offer

⚠️ Notes:

• The log files rotate periodically, depending on your host's configuration.
• Be sure to download logs before they are overwritten.
• For privacy and storage efficiency, logs may not be stored for long—check your retention policy.