IIS Where can I find the IIS logs

Question

I m trying to set up an application from a third party  which requires a supporting website hosted in my local IIS  I ve created a website exactly as explained in their install guide  but am having some problems  and would like to see what the IIS log has to say  Embarrassingly enough  the problem is I can t find the log files   So my question is  Where does IIS7 store logs by default

User · Accepted Answer

I think the default place for access logs is

%SystemDrive%\inetpub\logs\LogFiles

Otherwise, check under IIS Manager, select the computer on the left pane, and in the middle pane, go under "Logging" in the IIS area. There you will se the default location for all sites (this is however overridable on all sites)

You could also look into

%SystemDrive%\Windows\System32\LogFiles\HTTPERR

Which will contain similar log files that only represents errors.

User · Answer

A much easier way to do this is using PowerShell  like so   Get-Website yoursite       Join-Path     logFile Directory -replace   SystemDrive     env SystemDrive   W3SVC     id       or simply  Get-Website yoursite          logFile Directory     id     if you just need the info for yourself and don t mind parsing the result in your brain      For bonus points  append   ii to the first command to open in Explorer  or   gci to list the contents of the folder

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I m adding this answer because after researching the web  I ended up at this answer but still didn t know which subfolder of the IIS logs folder to look in   If your server has multiple websites  you will need to know the IIS ID for the site  An easy way to get this in IIS is to simply click on the Sites folder in the left panel   The ID for each site is shown in the right panel     Once you know the ID  let s call it n   the corresponding logs are in the W3SVCn subfolder of the IIS logs folder  So  if your website ID is 4  say  and the IIS logs are in the default location  then the logs are in this folder     SystemDrive  inetpub logs LogFiles W3SVC4   Acknowlegements     Answer by  jishi tells where the logs are by default   Answer by  Rafid explains how to find actual location  maybe not default   Answer by  Bergius gives a programmatic way to find the log folder location for a specific website  taking ID into account  without using IIS

User · Answer

Try the Windows event log  there can be some useful information

User · Answer

C  inetpub logs LogFiles  Check the identity of the site going to sites and advanced settings

User · Answer

I believe this is an easier way of knowing where your IIS logs are  rather than just assuming a default location   Go to your IIS site  e g  Default  click on it  and you should see  Logging  to the right if logging is enabled     Open it and you should see the folder right there     You are welcome

User · Answer

I have found the IIS Log files at the following location      C  inetpub logs LogFiles    which help to fix my issue

User · Answer

I think the Default place for IIS logging is  c  inetpub wwwroot log w3svc

User · Answer

The 100  correct answer for the default location of the log files is      SystemDrive  inetpub logs LogFiles   Yes you can enter this into the explorer address bar it ll work   To be 100  sure  you need to look at the logging for the web site in IIS   https   docs microsoft com en-us iis get-started whats-new-in-iis-85 enhanced-logging-for-iis85  i e    Open IIS Manager   Select the site or server in the Connections pane  Double-click Logging  The location of log files for the site can be found within the Directory field   EDIT  As pointed out by Andy in the comments below you need to ensure when installing IIS that you elected to enable HTTP logging  otherwise HTTP logging won t be available

User · Answer

Enabling Tracing may be a better alternative to the Windows Event Log   This gave me the information I needed to fix my own WebService

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