For shutdown, the log that is referred to is the jboss_home/server/xxx/log/server.log file (where 'xxx' is the configuration name, typically 'default'). This log will contain the shutdown messages. To check that startup was successful, a typical mechanism is to make an http request to port 8080 - if you get back a response it is (usually) running (actually, it just means the the http server is up). Another way would be to scan the console log for exceptions - if there are none then everything is OK. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4185502#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...