ARTIFACTORY: Measuring Data Transfer for Assets in JFrog Artifactory Cloud: Understanding Usage Scenarios and Analyzing Logs

In this article, we will explore the existing solutions that are relevant for analyzing and monitoring usage in a Cloud JFrog Artifactory SaaS Platform.

• MyJFrog Portal
• Self-analyzing dedicated Cloud logs

MyJFrog Portal

In this portal, you may look in the Billing or Usage sections​​​​​​ to get the relevant information.
The 'Breakdown per repo' feature allows you to drill down into your precise usage per repository:


You may explore the additional features available to improve your JFrog Cloud experience.

Self-analyzing dedicated Cloud logs:

We provide the below native logging solutions to our customers:

• Enable Data Transfer logs feature through MyJFrog Portal - You may analyze the data per your requirements & needs (it will create a new repository with detailed information about usage \ transfer)

Example of a log that will be uploaded to ‘jfrog-billing-logs’ repository:
{"billing_timestamp": "2022-06-01 00:00:00.0","event_timestamp": "2022-05-31 23:50:00.0", "server_name": "serverName", "service": "artifactory","action": "download","project": "projectName", "user_name": "userName", "ip": "11.111.11.111","repository": "repositoryName","artifact_path": "artifactPath","consumption_unit": "bytes", "quantity": 1}
{"billing_timestamp": "2022-05-30 10:00:00.0", "server_name": "serverName", "service": "artifactory","action": "download","project": "projectName", "user_name": "userName", "ip": "11.111.11.111","repository": "repositoryName","artifact_path": "artifactPath","consumption_unit": "bytes", "quantity": 1}

• Enable the Cloud Log Collection feature by executing an API: