About Distribution Edges

Distribution Edges are read-only Artifactory repositories that provide fast, low latency, local consumption points for distributed content for public or authenticated downloads. Distribution Edges provide secure, governed distribution, with full role-based access control, configurable download restrictions, and an audit trail.

Distribution Edges are used as part of a flexible, hybrid software distribution infrastructure that can be deployed on any environment (self-hosted) or consumed as a managed SaaS instance on public clouds (multi-cloud). SaaS edges allow for multi-tenant distribution and for improved management costs and overhead.

With Distribution Edges, self-hosted customers can now consume cloud Distribution Edges, and distribute from any source JPD to any Edge, including from self-hosted to SaaS.

Adding Distribution Edges requires minimal configuration. The steps required are described below (you will need to make sure the prerequisites below are also in place).

Prerequisites

You will need to make sure the following prerequisites are in place.

Purchase Distribution Edges Add-On

To use the Distribution Edges add-on, you will need to purchase the add-on through your JFrog salesperson. You will receive a confirmation email of your purchase with a link, which will bring you to the webpage where you will create the Distribution Edges by selecting your edge locations/details and submitting the form (you will need to enter your email address for validation).

Setting up the JFrog Distribution Edges add-on requires you to have successfully launched at least one Cloud Edge node.

Set Permissions

You will need to verify that you have the proper permissions in place. See Permissions.Permissions