Log locations on a cPanel server

The following matrix shows where services log to on a cPanel-based server.

	/var/log/messages	/var/log/maillog	/var/log/secure	/var/log/exim_mainlog	var/log/cpanel/logs	/usr/local/apache/logs	/usr/local/apache/domlogs	/var/lib/mysql/${hostname}.err
Apache – main						X
Apache – weblogs							X
FTP	X
Exim (SMTP)				X
Dovecot/Courier (POP3, SMTP & IMAP)		X
SSH			X
MySQL								X
cPanel/WHM					X
System/other	X
Bind/named	X
SpamAssassin/spamd		X

MODSEC LOG:

less /usr/local/apache/logs/modsec_audit.log

DBGOVENOR:

/var/log/dbgovernor-restrict.log
/var/log/dbgovernor-error.log

CPUMON (Top snapshots)

/var/log/cpumon/snapshot
/var/log/dcpumon/