Audit Logs

Archiva's logs directory contains an audit log file named archiva-audit.log, which tracks events that occur in the server.

A typical record looks like this:

2008-11-20 14:52:38 releases guest 127.0.0.1 "org/mortbay/jetty/jetty/6.1.12/jetty-6.1.12-sources.jar" "Created File (proxied)"

The space delimited records are:

• date and time (server local time)
• repository affected
• user that enacted the change (or guest if none)
• IP address of the user
• the path of the artifact within the repository
• the event that occured

Currently, the following events are logged:

• creation of a directory
• creation of a file
• removal of a directory
• removal of a file
• modification of a directory
• move/rename of a file
• copy of a file
• move/rename of a directory
• copy of a directory
• uploaded file via the web interface