Push the Limits of Virtual Repositories

Our recent Developer and DevOps Trends 2015 survey showed that anyone using Docker also uses additional technologies. I’ll let you in on a little secret. That’s true in general, not just in relation to Docker. The vast majority of developers work with several different technologies at once. So most (if not all) of you are …

Blocking Downloads with Artifactory and Xray

Nobody wants to get sick, so we’ll wear jackets when it gets cold, take our vitamin C and avoid going out in the snow with wet hair. We all do different things to stay clear of nasty viruses and bacteria because we know that the loss in productivity and efforts we’ll have to make to …

Using Satis and Packagist for PHP Development? Think JFrog Artifactory!

If you’re developing server side code in PHP, there’s a pretty good chance you’re using PHP Composer to manage your dependencies and getting 3rd party components from Packagist. To host your internal private packages, you might be using Toran Proxy or your own Git repository. You might even be using open source Satis for your repositories. …

MBeans, MBeans They’re Good For Your Heart

Some of you may have gotten a giggle from the title of this post, remembering that children’s song  about beans that many of us would gleefully sing every time one of our friends “let loose”. But the truth is, MBeans really are good for your heart, especially if you have to monitor a multitude of …

Repository Log Analytics At Your Fingertips

Friday, late afternoon, and everything seems to be running smoothly. The weekend is just around the corner, so you lean back in your chair and start to plan all the fun you’re going to have. Suddenly, your phone screen lights up. An instant message from your boss that says, “Hey, some of the developers are …

Empowering Azure DevOps /TFS with JFrog Artifactory

August 1, 2018: Deprecation Notice The extension described in this blog post has been deprecated and is no longer supported as of August 1, 2018. Instead, you can use the new JFrog Artifactory Extension described in this blog post. For those of you familiar with JFrog Artifactory and its integration with CI servers, you know …

Migrating from Nexus to Artifactory

Update: July 13, 2021. The nexus2art migrator has been deprecated. Please refer to the JFrog documentation for the new migrating from Sonatype Nexus Repository to Artifactory guide. DEPRECATED: Migrating from Nexus to JFrog Artifactory is very simple by using nexus2art migrator. The migrator provides a user friendly wizard like interface for transferring everything in your …

Use the right tool for the job: Git LFS with Artifactory

In a recent conversation I had with a developer that works with my wife, who works as the QA Manager for an awesome educational games company, she shared with me a very painful issue that most game developers (probably) share: storing binary assets in Git. This is an issue for everyone in this industry – regardless …

Goodies to Kick Off 2016

Holiday season is over. Gifts were exchanged, miles were traveled, resolutions were made, and much alcohol was consumed. Time to get back to work, renewed and energized for the new year. While we had our share of merry-making here at JFrog, we also managed to get some work done between the revelry, and released Artifactory …

4 best practices in repository configuration

1. If you are using several technologies, (e.g. Nuget, Maven, NPM, PyPi etc..) define a unique repository for each of them. By doing that you are making sure that all of the build requests are directed to the right place rather than going to a repository that may not even have the necessary packages. 2. …