Installing Artifactory Federation Service

The Artifactory Federation Service (RTFS) is used for the timely synchronization of huge volumes of artifact metadata between customer sites.

Important

The Artifactory Federation Service requires:

Artifactory 7.104.5 or later.
PostgreSQL 12 or later. Support for other databases is under consideration.

For more information, see the Artifactory Federation Service.Artifactory Federation Service

Important

Self-hosted customers who wish to become early adopters of this service are asked to contact JFrog so that we can evaluate your needs and guide you through the migration process.

Enable Artifactory Federation Service

The Artifactory Federation Service can be enabled only through native installations (such as Docker, Docker Compose, Windows, RPM, Linux, and Debian) or via Helm installation for Kubernetes. By default, this service is disabled.

Enable Artifactory Federation service in Artifactory by updating the Artifactory system.yaml file:
```
rtfs:
  enabled: true
```
For HA Installations
You must enable Artifactory Federation microservice in all Artifactory nodes.
For Helm Installations
Add the above section to the custom-values.yaml file and run the Helm upgrade command.
Restart Artifactory.
Verify if the Artifactory Federation Service is up and running:
GET http://<JFROG_PLATFORM_URL>/artifactory/service/rtfs/api/v1/system/liveness
A 200 response indicates the presence of Artifactory Federation Service.
[Users with existing Federated repositories] Migrate your existing Federated repositories (including configurations, states, and events) to the new service. For more information, see Migrate to the Artifactory Federation Service.