Archiva's logs directory contains an archiva log file named archiva.log, which logs all the startup information and the output logs of Archiva.
A typical record looks like this:
2009-07-13 16:04:52,869 [WrapperSimpleAppMain] INFO org.apache.maven.archiva.security.ArchivaStandardRolesCheck - Checking the existance of required roles. 2009-07-13 16:04:52,869 [WrapperSimpleAppMain] INFO org.apache.maven.archiva.security.ArchivaStandardRolesCheck - Checking the existance of required operations. 2009-07-13 16:04:52,869 [WrapperSimpleAppMain] INFO org.apache.maven.archiva.web.startup.SecuritySynchronization - Environment Check: required-roles -> 0 violation(s) 2009-07-13 16:04:53,371 [WrapperSimpleAppMain] INFO org.apache.maven.archiva.web.startup.Banner - _________________________ __________________________________ /\_ / \ /`/@), | On behalf of all of the alpacas | | (~' __| toiling away on the Apache Archiva | _,--.___/ | \ project team, I would like to | ,' , ( | \ welcome you to Archiva | | ( \ / | 1.2.1 | \ )\_/ ,_/ | | / / ( |/ | http://archiva.apache.org/ | ( | ( | | users@archiva.apache.org | \| \| \__________________________________/ 2009-07-13 16:04:55,129 [WrapperSimpleAppMain] INFO org.codehaus.plexus.redback.struts2.interceptor.SecureActionInterceptor - org.codehaus.plexus.redback.struts2.interceptor.SecureActionInterceptor initialized!