Using Artifactory to store plugins

JFrog Artifactory can now be used as a proxy for plugins that are currently hosted on Nexus, allowing it to act as a mirror for your plugin repository in secure, air-tight environments.

To configure JFrog Artifactory as the plugin repository, update the xl-release.conf file by modifying the xl.features.plugins.servers.${serverName}.server-type property:

• If set to "nexus", Nexus will be used as the plugin repository.
• If set to "artifactory", JFrog Artifactory will be used as the plugin repository.

Additionally, update the url, username, and password fields to match the Artifactory server's credentials and URL. This configuration will ensure that your plugin manager seamlessly transitions to the new repository.

Here's a sample:

To enable artifactory, edit xl-release.conf to set xebialabs-plugins.server-type to "artifactory" and change the credentials.

xl {
    features {
        plugins {
            repositories {
                xlr-official {
                    enabled=true
                    nexus-group-id="com.xebialabs.xlrelease.plugins"
                    nexus-metadata-artifact {
                        artifact-id=xlr-plugins-metadata
                        group-id="com.xebialabs.xlrelease.plugins.metadata"
                    }
                    nexus-repository-id=official-plugins
                    repository-type=nexus-by-group-id
                    server-ref=xebialabs-plugins
                    xl-component=xl-release
                }
            }
            servers {
                xebialabs-plugins {
                    server-type=artifactory
                    url="http://localhost:8082"
                    credentials {
                        password="{aes:v0}1QJioKHIh6Edykb1ixVNAgk/BEgGQf3k3xKrOMDOc+c="
                        username=admin
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
} 

For more information, see how to migrate from Sonatype Nexus repository to JFrog Artifactory.