While troubleshooting with Linux + Plesk server combination one has to check various log files to find out the exact nature of problem. I always felt inconvenient and wanted all the log files of Plesk to be present together for easy troubleshooting and hence came up with this post.
I hope this post will help you guys for easy troubleshooting of Plesk.
Apache logs location on Plesk:
/var/log/httpd/access_log
/var/log/httpd/error_log
Apache Suexec logs location on Plesk:
/var/log/httpd/suexec_log
Access and Error logs for a specific account / user / website on Plesk:
/var/www/vhosts/domain.tld/statistics/logs/access_log
/var/www/vhosts/domain.tld/statistics/logs/error_log
Server logs location on Plesk:
/var/log/messages
Named (Bind) logs location on Plesk:
/var/log/messages
Mysql logs location on Plesk:
/var/lib/mysql/server.hostname.err or the path defined at /etc/my.cnf
WatchDog logs location on Plesk:
/usr/local/psa/var/modules/watchdog/log/monit.log
Mail logs including Qmail and Postfix location on Plesk:
/usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
Ftp logs on location Plesk:
/var/log/messages
SSH logs location on Plesk:
/var/log/secure
Tomcat logs location on Plesk:
/var/log/tomcat5/catalina.out
Mailman logs location on Plesk:
/var/log/mailman/
Cronjob Logs:
/var/log/cron
Horde Logs:
/var/log/psa-horde/psa-horde.log
Plesk Access and Error logs location:
/usr/local/psa/admin/logs/httpsd_access_log
/var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log
If any feedback, queries are always welcome!







Really helpful for newbies like me.. thanks
Thanks but the post is incomplete without qmail commands..
Hello Sameer,
Thanks for pointing out.
Here you go..
http://geeksterminal.com/qmail-commands-and-logs-in-plesk-linux-server/