Configuring Deleted-at-Target Scraping Service

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JFrog Distribution includes a service that periodically collects metadata about Release Bundle v2 versions that have been deleted locally from a distribution target, typically an Edge node, and sends the information to the source Artifactory. These local deletions are then added by Artifactory as events in the timeline of the relevant Release Bundle version.

This service was created because Edge nodes cannot initiate communication on their own with Artifactory instances.

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Note
The target scraping service requires Distribution 2.24.0 or higher and Artifactory 7.84.3 or higher. Any Release Bundles that were distributed before both supported versions were installed cannot be scraped and reported by this service.

Distribution Configuration

The scraping service is configured in the Distribution Application Config YAML. There is generally no need to change the default settings.

task:
  deleted-at-target-scraping:
    batch-size: 200           # number of returned records per request
    interval-seconds: 900     # interval between successive runs of the delete at target scraping job

Artifactory Configuration

The Artifactory side of the scraping service is configured in the system YAML.

artifactory:
    target:
        bundle:
            actions:
                cron: "0 0 2 ? * * *"
                deleteAfterHours: 720

The following table describes the Artifactory parameters that control scraping cleanup.

Parameter Description

DEFAULT_CRON_PATTERN

Parameter	Description
DEFAULT_CRON_PATTERN	The cron pattern that defines when the source Artifactory informs the distribution target to delete the metadata records of deletion events that have been handled by the scraping service. The default is `0 0 2 ? * * *`, every day at 2:00 AM.
DEFAULT_DELETE_ACTIONS_AFTER_HOURS	Determines when to delete leftover metadata that was not deleted by the DEFAULT_CRON_PATTERN. The default is `720` hours, or 30 days.

The cron pattern that defines when the source Artifactory informs the distribution target to delete the metadata records of deletion events that have been handled by the scraping service.

The default is 0 0 2 ? * * *, every day at 2:00 AM.

DEFAULT_DELETE_ACTIONS_AFTER_HOURS

Determines when to delete leftover metadata that was not deleted by the DEFAULT_CRON_PATTERN.

The default is 720 hours, or 30 days.

Distribution Configuration

Artifactory Configuration

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