JFrog Artifactory Certified DevOps Engineer flashcards

32 cards. Read the term and the definition here. The deck at the top of this page is optional.

Local repository

A repository that stores artifacts deployed directly by users or CI and serves as the primary write target in Artifactory.

Remote repository

A caching proxy for an external package source; Artifactory fetches artifacts on demand and caches them locally.

Virtual repository

A logical repository that aggregates multiple local and remote repositories and resolves artifacts through a configured order.

Repository package type

The package format assigned when a repository is created; it determines layout, metadata handling, and supported client behavior.

Router service

The Artifactory 7 entry point that receives client requests and routes them to the appropriate microservice, typically listening on port 8082.

Filestore

The binary storage layer for artifacts, backed by filesystem, S3, GCS, or Azure; the database stores only metadata and checksums.

High availability cluster

Multiple Artifactory nodes sharing one database and one filestore behind a load balancer, allowing horizontal scaling and failover.

Access service

The microservice that centralizes authentication, authorization, users, groups, and token issuance for the JFrog Platform.

system.yaml

The central Artifactory configuration file under JFROG_HOME that defines database, filestore, router, and security settings.

master.key

A critical encryption key stored under JFROG_HOME; losing it can prevent recovery of encrypted credentials and configuration.

join.key

A shared secret used by Artifactory cluster nodes to authenticate and join the platform; it must match across nodes.

Permission target

An Artifactory security object that grants users and groups specific roles on repositories, paths, builds, or release bundles.

Scoped access token

A time-limited token restricted to specific resources and actions; it is preferred over legacy API keys for automation.

Xray watch

A scope definition that tells JFrog Xray which repositories, builds, or bundles to scan for security and license issues.

Checksum verification

Artifactory compares client-supplied SHA-256 or other checksum headers with the received file to detect corruption or tampering.

External authentication realm

An identity source such as LDAP, SAML, OIDC, or Crowd that Artifactory uses to authenticate users instead of internal passwords.

Group mapping

The association of an external directory group to an Artifactory group so members inherit permissions from permission targets.

Effective permissions

The combined permissions a user receives from direct assignments and all group memberships; Artifactory generally grants the union.

Build info

A JSON record of a build's modules, artifacts, dependencies, environment, and VCS data, published to Artifactory.

Build promotion

Moving or copying build artifacts to another repository and attaching status properties, often after tests or approval.

jf rt build-publish

The JFrog CLI command that uploads collected build-info to Artifactory under a build name and number.

Artifact property

A key-value metadata pair attached to an artifact or folder and searchable through the REST API or AQL.

AQL

Artifactory Query Language, a SQL-like syntax for querying artifacts, builds, modules, and properties through the search API.

Release bundle

A signed, immutable collection of artifacts and metadata distributed to Edge nodes or target repositories.

Webhook

An event-driven HTTP callback configured in Artifactory to notify external systems when artifact or build events occur.

Push replication

A local repository configuration that asynchronously copies artifacts and properties to a remote Artifactory instance.

Pull replication

A remote repository configuration that periodically fetches artifacts from an external Artifactory into the local cache.

Event-based replication

Replication triggered immediately after a deploy or delete event, rather than waiting for a cron schedule.

REST API base path

Artifactory REST endpoints are under /artifactory/api/, while repository content is served under the separate /artifactory/<repository>/<path> path.

JFrog CLI config

The jf config add command stores a platform URL and credentials or token for later jf rt and jf dist commands.

Release bundle v2

A signed, immutable distribution unit created by the Distribution service and deployed to Edge nodes or target platforms.

AQL search endpoint

The endpoint POST /artifactory/api/search/aql executes an Artifactory Query Language statement and returns matching repository items as JSON.