When deploying a fresh instance of JFrog Artifactory, the Web UI presents a "Get Started" Onboarding Wizard by default. This wizard requires the administrator to configure the license, base URL, and proxies before accessing the system.
See: https://jfrog.com/help/r/jfrog-installation-setup-documentation/onboarding-wizard
In automated or headless environments (such as CI/CD pipelines, Docker, or Kubernetes), it is often necessary to bypass this UI step to allow immediate access to the Artifactory Dashboard or to configure the system programmatically via REST API.
To bypass the onboarding wizard, you must modify the artifactory.system.properties file with the specific flag below:
artifactory.onboarding.skipWizard=true
If set before first startup: The wizard is skipped immediately when you access the UI. No restart needed.
If set after Artifactory is already running: A restart is required for the property to take effect.
Alternatively, you can pass it as a JVM argument like
-Dartifactory.onboarding.skipWizard=true
e.g. in system.yaml
shared:
extraJavaOpts: "...-Dartifactory.onboarding.skipWizard=true"e.g. in values.yaml:
artifactory:
javaOpts:
other: "-Dartifactory.onboarding.skipWizard=true"This is particularly useful in Docker and Kubernetes deployments where modifying the artifactory.system.properties file inside the container is often challenging or requires complex volume mounts.