Which log records requests made to the Apache web server?

• A. /var/log/apache2/access.log
• B. /var/log/auth.log
• C. /var/log/btmp
• D. /var/log/cron

Answer: (A)

The important idea here is that web server access logs are the records of every request the server receives. These logs capture details like the time of the request, the client’s IP, the HTTP method and resource requested, the response status, and often the referrer and user agent. On many systems, Apache writes these requests to a dedicated access log, typically at /var/log/apache2/access.log, which is specifically meant to track all client interactions with the server. Other log files serve different purposes—for example, auth.log tracks authentication events, btmp records failed login attempts, and cron logs schedule or task activity—so they don’t contain the HTTP requests made to Apache. This makes the access log the correct place to look for every request the web server handles.