artifactory Installation Guide Installation Guide

artifactory is a free and open-source universal repository manager. Artifactory provides universal repository management for all major package formats

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 4+ cores

RAM: 4GB minimum (16GB+ recommended)

Storage: 100GB+ for artifacts

Network: HTTP/HTTPS access

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 8081 (default artifactory port)

Various service ports

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install artifactory
sudo dnf install -y artifactory

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now artifactory

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8081/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
artifactory --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install artifactory
sudo apt install -y artifactory

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now artifactory

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 8081

# Verify installation
artifactory --version

bash

# Install artifactory
sudo pacman -S artifactory

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now artifactory

# Verify installation
artifactory --version

bash

# Install artifactory
apk add --no-cache artifactory

# Enable and start service
rc-update add artifactory default
rc-service artifactory start

# Verify installation
artifactory --version

bash

# Install artifactory
sudo zypper install -y artifactory

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now artifactory

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8081/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
artifactory --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install artifactory

# Start service
brew services start artifactory

# Verify installation
artifactory --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install artifactory

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'artifactory_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service artifactory start

# Verify installation
artifactory --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install artifactory

# Or using Scoop
scoop install artifactory

# Verify installation
artifactory --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/artifactory

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
artifactory --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable artifactory

# Start service
sudo systemctl start artifactory

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop artifactory

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart artifactory

# Check status
sudo systemctl status artifactory

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u artifactory -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add artifactory default

# Start service
rc-service artifactory start

# Stop service
rc-service artifactory stop

# Restart service
rc-service artifactory restart

# Check status
rc-service artifactory status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'artifactory_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service artifactory start

# Stop service
service artifactory stop

# Restart service
service artifactory restart

# Check status
service artifactory status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start artifactory
brew services stop artifactory
brew services restart artifactory

# Check status
brew services list | grep artifactory

powershell

# Start service
net start artifactory

# Stop service
net stop artifactory

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service artifactory
Stop-Service artifactory
Restart-Service artifactory

# Check status
Get-Service artifactory

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream artifactory_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:8081;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name artifactory.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name artifactory.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/artifactory.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/artifactory.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://artifactory_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName artifactory.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://artifactory.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName artifactory.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/artifactory.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/artifactory.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:8081/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:8081/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend artifactory_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/artifactory.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend artifactory_backend

backend artifactory_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server artifactory1 127.0.0.1:8081 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R artifactory:artifactory /etc/artifactory
sudo chmod 750 /etc/artifactory

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8081/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status artifactory

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u artifactory -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep artifactory)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/artifactory"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/artifactory-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/artifactory /var/lib/artifactory

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/artifactory-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop artifactory

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/artifactory/artifactory-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start artifactory

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u artifactory -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/artifactory/artifactory.log

# Check configuration
artifactory --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/artifactory

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 8081

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 8081

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep artifactory)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep artifactory)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 8081

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  artifactory:
    image: artifactory:latest
    ports:
      - "8081:8081"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/artifactory
      - ./data:/var/lib/artifactory
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update artifactory

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade artifactory

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu artifactory

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade artifactory

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update artifactory

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade artifactory

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/artifactory-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/artifactory

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart artifactory

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/artifactory

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/artifactory -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/artifactory

Official Documentation: https://docs.artifactory.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/artifactory/artifactory

Community Forum: https://forum.artifactory.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.artifactory.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources

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