Distribution HA Helm Installation

JFrog Installation & Setup Documentation
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Important

Currently, it is not possible to connect a JFrog product (e.g., Distribution) that is within a Kubernetes cluster with another JFrog product (e.g., Artifactory) that is outside of the cluster, as this is considered a separate network. Therefore, JFrog products cannot be joined together if one of them is in a cluster.

  1. Add the https://charts.jfrog.io to your Helm client.

    helm repo add jfrog https://charts.jfrog.io

  2. Update the repository.

    helm repo update

  3. Initiate installation by providing a join key and JFrog url as a parameter to the Distribution chart installation.

    helm upgrade --install distribution --set distribution.joinKey=<YOUR_PREVIOUSLY_RETIREVED_JOIN_KEY> \
             --set distribution.jfrogUrl=<YOUR_PREVIOUSLY_RETIREVED_BASE_URL> --namespace distribution jfrog/distribution

    Alternatively, you can create a secret containing the join key manually and pass it to the template during install/upgrade.

    # Create a secret containing the key. The key in the secret must be named join-key
kubectl create secret generic my-secret --from-literal=join-key=<YOUR_PREVIOUSLY_RETIREVED_JOIN_KEY>
 
# Pass the created secret to helm
helm upgrade --install distribution --set replicaCount=3 --set distribution.joinKeySecretName=my-secret --namespace distribution jfrog/distribution

    Note

    In either case, make sure to pass the same join key on all future calls to helm install and helm upgrade. This means always passing --set distribution.joinKey=<YOUR_PREVIOUSLY_RETIREVED_JOIN_KEY>. In the second, this means always passing --set distribution.joinKeySecretName=my-secret and ensuring the contents of the secret remain unchanged.

  4. Customize the product configuration (optional) including database, Java Opts, and filestore.

    Note

    Unlike other installations, Helm Chart configurations are made to the values.yaml and are then applied to the system.yaml.

    Follow these steps to apply the configuration changes.

    1. Make the changes to values.yaml.

    2. Run the command.

      helm upgrade --install distribution --namespace distribution -f values.yaml

  5. Access Distribution from your browser at:http://<jfrogUrl>/ui/: go to theDashboard tab in theApplicationmodule in the UI.

  6. Check the status of your deployed Helm releases.

    helm status distribution

Note

For advanced installation options, see Helm Charts Installers for Advanced Users.