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This feature is supported with the Enterprise+ license.
After you have completed Installing Distribution, continue to the following required configurations:
Setting up GPG Signing: JFrog Distribution secures release bundle delivery using a preconfigured GPG Key. A Release Bundle, distributed to an Edge Node, is signed with this GPG key.
Providing an additional layer of protection on the contents in your Release Bundles. As part of the release bundle signing process, Distribution triggers Artifactory to clone the contents of a Release Bundle into an isolated release-bundles repository.
Use one of the following methods to connect Artifactory and the Edge nodes:
Using Scope Tokens (Pairing Tokens): Connect the source Artifactory and the Edge nodes using the JFrog Platform scoped tokens function. This function is available from Artifactory version 7.29.7 with the release of the Distribution Edges Add-on and is the default option used for connecting the source and node (if you are unable to upgrade your self-hosted instance, or need to continue using the Circle of Trust, see next method).
Circle of Trust: Establish a circle of trust between your source Artifactory and Edge nodes. This should be applied to both the source and target Artifactory nodes.
In addition, the following optional configurations are available:
Connecting Mission Control: If your Mission Control instance is part of another JPD, you'll need to register it in Distribution.
Disaster Recovery: You can set up disaster recovery for JFrog Distribution to prevent the loss of critical data if your Distribution service experiences an event that causes irreversible damage and loss of data, or if it needs to be taken down gracefully for any other reason (e.g. hardware maintenance on the server machine).
Distribution System YAML:You can configure an existing JFrog Distribution instance system settings using a simple YAML configuration file.
Distribution Application Config YAML File: An alternative way to specify application-related settings for JFrog Distribution.
After you have finished the configuration of distribution assets, you can start Distributing Release Bundles.
Note
For details about installing and configuring Edge nodes, see Installing Artifactory Edge.