Repository Naming Rules and Limitations

JFrog Artifactory Documentation

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JFrog Artifactory
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User Guide
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Paligo

You must adhere to the following rules and limitations when naming repositories:

  • Name cannot be empty

  • Name cannot be identical to that of another repository in your Artifactory instance.

  • Max number of characters:

    • For Local and Virtual repositories = 64

    • For Remote and Federated repositories = 58

  • Name cannot contain the following characters: /, \\, :, |, ?, *, ", <, >

  • Name cannot consist of the following:

    • .

    • ..

    • &

    • Jfrog-usage-logs

    • Jfrog-billing-logs

    • Jfrog-logs

    • artifactory-build-info

    • artifactory-pipe-info

    • Auto-trashcan

    • jfrog-support-bundle

    • _intransit

    • Artifactory-edge-uploads

    • release-bundles

  • Name cannot start with the following:

    • Jfrog-system-reserved

    • Jfrog-artifactory-system

  • Name cannot end with the following:

    • -cache

For more information, see the whitepaper Best Practices For Structuring and Naming Artifactory Repositories.