Archiva FAQ

Some of the most frequently asked questions about Apache Archiva:

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What are some alternatives to Archiva?

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Where are the index files stored and how can I change the location?

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• Artifactory
• Proximity (server down?)

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• Group ID, Artifact ID, Description
• Package and Class Name
• ... should be all available fields

TODO: Document complete list and improve search results page MRM-130

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You must install a Java Development Kit 5 7 or later. See http://java.sun.com/ for downloads for your platform.

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Local file system access by applets is not allowed in some corporate environments. To disable just the applet, or the entire Find Artifact feature, edit this section in ~/.m2/archiva.xml

<webapp>
  <ui>
    <showFindArtifacts>true</showFindArtifacts>
    <appletFindEnabled>true</appletFindEnabled>
  </ui>
</webapp>

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Edit the 'guest' user and grant it the repository observer role for that repo. There is also a global repository observer role you can grant, if you want all of your repositories to be visible without logging in.

How do I configure archiva to listen on ipv4 under java 6?

Edit the wrapper.conf to add a "Java Additional Parameter" such as

wrapper.java.additional.4=-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true