About

The GÉANT Software Repository is based on Artifactory (http://www.jfrog.com/products.php) with Pro Power Pack ( http://www.jfrog.com/pro-features.php). Artifactory provide base Maven/Gradle repository functionality: you can download artefacts and deploy own snapshot and release artefacts like in any repository. It can be used as mirror for any external repository. Also it provide nice GUI to manage your artefacts, deploy files manually and integration Bamboo.  Integration with Bamboo (https://ci.geant.org) allow eg. performing License Check process after artefacts deploy, deployment from Bamboo with global defined credentials etc.

Artifactory Pro Power Pack allow us to support different types of repository wider adopted in software development, see available predefined repositories types bellow:

  • Build Techonologies
    • Maven
    • Gradle
    • Ivy
  • Infrastructure Package Managers
    • Docker
    • Yum
    • Puppet
    • Chef
    • Debian
    • Vagrant
  • Development Language Package Managers
    • Npm
    • Nuget
    • Conan
    • Bower
    • Opkg
    • CocoaPods
    • PHP
    • P2
    • Git
    • gitLFS
    • Ruby
    • Python
    • Go/vGo
    • Helm Chart
    • CRAN

How to access

URL: https://artifactory.software.geant.org

Artifactory uses fedrated authentication. During login process you must choose your Identity Provider. After successful authentication you will be redirect  back to Artifactory home page. 

Login with GÉANT AAI

  1. Go to https://artifactory.software.geant.org/
  2. Click the Log in link in the top right corner



  3. Click on the GÉANT AAI

  4. You will be redirect to login.geant.org where you can choose your Identity Provider and use it to log in.



    GÉANT AAI Registration

    If you are logging in for the first time using GÉANT AAI Service, you will see the message "You tried to access (a service via) GÉANT AAI Service, but we couldn't find a registration Let's fix that!" and you have to register first. To do so, please follow the instructions from Registration in GÉANT AAI Service

  5. After successful login you will be redirect to Artifactory main page

Get access to specyfic repository

To get access to specific repository:

  1. Log in to https://artifactory.software.geant.org
  2. Send access request - create issue on Help Desk Portal or send e-mail at help@software.geant.org You have to provide us:
    • your user name in Artifactory (federated-user-XXX)
    • repository name

For "non GUI" access to repository for automated deployment tools (Jenkins, Bitbucket), you can:

  • generate API key for your account (federated-user-XXX) - see How to use API Key
  • request for local account with password - this is the simplest way for CI purposes

Short guides

How to use Artifactory as Maven repository

GÉANT Artifactory Repositories

Artifactory allow to create three repository types: local, remote and virtual. In GÉANT we use all of them, to understood how it works read http://wiki.jfrog.org/confluence/display/RTF/Understanding+Repositories page on Artifactory documentation page.

Each GÉANT development projects have their own local repositories:

  • project-release-local - This repository contains all project release artefacts.
  • project-snapshot-local - This repository contains last 3* project snapshot artefacts.
  • project-ext-libs (optional) This repository contains dependency unavailable in public Maven repositories)

Working with Repository in Maven

1. Request for project internal repositories in Help Desk Portal (https://jira.software.geant.org/servicedesk/customer/portal/2)
2. Setting Up a Maven Deployment Descriptor You can follow: http://wiki.jfrog.org/confluence/display/RTF/Configuring+Deployment or:
2.1. Provide configuration in main POM file eg.:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.
0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>net.geant.ishare</groupId>
    <artifactId>ishare</artifactId>
    <packaging>pom</packaging>
    <version>2.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
    <description>I-SHARe Project</description>
    <distributionManagement>
        <repository>
            <id>GEANT Artifactory</id>
            <name>GEANT Artifactory ishare-release</name>
            <url>https://artifactory.software.geant.org/artifactory/ishare-release-local</url>
        </repository>
        <snapshotRepository>
            <id>GEANT Artifactory</id>
            <name>GEANT Artifactory ishare-snapshots</name>
            <url>https://artifactory.software.geant.org/artifactory/ishare-snapshot-local</url>
        </snapshotRepository>
    </distributionManagement>
</project>


2.2. Provide your credentials in settings.xml file.

  • Get into your profile page (click on your login name on the upper-right corner) and type-in your current password.
  • Once you enter a correct password you will see your password in the Encrypted Password field.
  • Copy this value (including the { ...\ } prefix) or use the sample server xml snippet in your settings.xml (you'd have to change the server name to match the id of your repository).
    Eg.:


    <server>
         <id>GEANT Artifactory</id>
        <username>psnc.kupinski</username>
        <password>\{DESede\}000000000</password>
    </server>

3. Try to deploy snapshot artefacts.

Reference:

Using Artifactory as maven repositories mirror

Easiest way to use GN Artifactory as global maven repositories mirror is to define profile in your POM file. If you want always use GN Artifactory you can activate profile by default. See below example how to configure it.:
...
         <profile>
            <activation>
                <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
            </activation>
            <id>artifactory</id>
            <repositories>
                <repository>
                    <id>central</id>
                    <name>libs-release</name>
                    <url>https://artifactory.software.geant.org/artifactory/repo</url>
                </repository>
            </repositories>
            <pluginRepositories>
                <pluginRepository>
                    <id>central</id>
                    <name>plugins-release</name>
                    <url>https://artifactory.software.geant.net/artifactory/repo</url>
                </pluginRepository>
            </pluginRepositories>
        </profile>
...


How to use Artifactory as docker registry

Artifactory can be used to serve Docker images like Docker Registry. It is just another type of repository and could be browsed and managed in Artifactory web dashboard.

Address: artifactory.software.geant.org/<REPO_NAME>/<IMAGE_NAME>:<TAG>

How to use with Docker client

  1. Login

    Docker login
    docker login artifactory.software.geant.org


    And provide your Artifactory username and password

    To manually set your credentials copy the following snippet to your ~/.docker/config.json file.

    Credenitals
    {
    "auths": {
        "https://artifactory.software.geant.org: {
            "auth": "<USERNAME>:<PASSWORD>",
            "email": "youremail@email.com"
        }
    }
}

  2. Push image to registry
    To push an image tag an image using the docker tag and then docker push command.

    Docker push
    docker tag <MY_IMAGE_ID> artifactory.software.geant.org/<REPO_NAME>/<IMAGE_NAME>:<TAG>
docker push artifactory.software.geant.org/<REPO_NAME>/<IMAGE_NAME>:<TAG>

  3. Pull image

    Docker pull
    docker pull artifactory.software.geant.org/<REPO_NAME>/<IMAGE_NAME>:<TAG>

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