In certain cases, it is required to perform Vertical scaling on Artifactory related to database connections, maxThreads, etc., when the load on Artifactory is high.
When using a VM based installation, it is possible to directly update the system.yaml file with the required values as explained in this KB article. However, when using a helm based installation, it is not possible to edit the specific system.yaml present within the pod.
In this case, it is recommended to use the system.yaml secrets and use the custom values.yaml file used for deploying the Artifactory.
Example: https://github.com/jfrog/charts/blob/master/stable/artifactory/values.yaml#L71
systemYamlOverride: existingSecret: system-yaml dataKey: system.yaml