Search-based Promotion – Staging and Promotion Finally Made Simple!

Overiew One of the greatest features of Artifactory 2.1 is the support for artifacts staging and promotion. The idea behind this feature is that in many environments, before exposing a new release for public consumption, the release needs to go through a well-known life-cycle – the release is first made available in a staging environment …

Avoiding Clear Text Passwords in Maven

On Secure LDAP Integration: Avoiding Clear Text Passwords in Maven Settings and Controlling Login FallbackFirst, Some BackgroundOne shortcoming of Maven is that it requires you to store your repository passwords in clear text inside the settings.xml file. Now, this stops being mere annoyance and starts becoming a real security hole once your repository’s authentication is done …