Helm Charts for Advanced Use Cases
Advanced Helm chart customizations for JFrog Platform: storage, TLS, HA, plugins, databases, and infrastructure settings.
JFrog Helm charts support a wide range of advanced options beyond the standard installers. The options below are organized by category.
For basic Helm installations, see:
Artifactory Installation with Helm Charts
Standard single-node Artifactory installation via Helm chart.
Xray Single Node Helm Installation
Standard single-node Xray installation via Helm chart.
Distribution Single Node Helm Installation
Standard single-node Distribution installation via Helm chart.
Advanced Topics
All Products - Customization
Advanced Helm customizations applicable to all JFrog products, including TLS, JFConnect proxy, custom volumes, sidecars, and init containers.
Artifactory Advanced Options
Advanced Helm customizations specific to JFrog Artifactory, including license injection, admin bootstrapping, storage options, and SSL termination.
Artifactory High Availability
Advanced Helm customizations for Artifactory HA deployments, including persistent storage, node affinity, and shared filestore configuration.
Advanced Options for Xray
Configure advanced JFrog Xray options for Helm deployments, including custom certificates, RabbitMQ settings, and external database configuration.
Distribution Custom Volumes
Add custom volumes to JFrog Distribution Helm deployments by defining volume entries in values.yaml.
Uninstall and Deletion of Helm Installations
Uninstall or delete JFrog Artifactory and Xray Helm installations, with options to preserve or remove persistent data.
All Products — Customization
Advanced customizations relevant to all JFrog products:
Establish TLS in Artifactory and JFrog Platform
Configure TLS termination in Artifactory and the JFrog Platform.
Configure JFConnect Proxy
Set up proxy configuration for JFConnect in Helm deployments.
Auto-generated Passwords
Manage auto-generated passwords for internal PostgreSQL.
Custom Volumes
Mount additional volumes in JFrog Helm deployments.
Custom Sidecar Containers
Add sidecar containers alongside JFrog services.
Custom Init Containers
Run initialization containers before JFrog services start.
Custom Secrets
Use existing Kubernetes secrets in Helm installations.
Unified Secret
Manage all JFrog secrets through a single unified secret.
Override System YAML
Replace the default system.yaml with a custom configuration.
Distribution Custom Volumes
Mount additional volumes in Distribution Helm deployments.
Circle of Trust Certificates
Add trusted CA certificates to the JFrog Platform trust store.
Artifactory Advanced Options
Customizations specific to Artifactory:
Add Licenses Using Secrets
Inject Artifactory license keys via Kubernetes secrets.
Security-related Issues
Address common security configurations in Artifactory Helm charts.
Run Ingress Behind Load Balancer
Configure Ingress when Artifactory sits behind an external load balancer.
Log Analytics
Integrate Artifactory logs with external analytics platforms.
Advanced Storage Options
Configure S3, GCS, Azure Blob, or NFS storage backends.
Add Extensions
Load custom extensions and plugins into Artifactory.
Infrastructure Customization
Customize resource limits, node selectors, tolerations, and affinity rules.
ConfigMaps for Non-confidential Data
Store non-sensitive configuration in Kubernetes ConfigMaps.
External Database
Connect Artifactory Helm to an external PostgreSQL or other database.
Bootstrap Artifactory
Pre-configure repositories, permissions, and settings during first boot.
Monitoring and Logging
Set up monitoring, alerting, and log collection for Helm deployments.
Nginx with SSL Termination
Install Artifactory HA with Nginx and terminate SSL at the load balancer.
Read-only Root Filesystem
Configure readOnlyRootFilesystem for Artifactory containers.
HPA Memory Target
Add memory-based autoscaling triggers using Horizontal Pod Autoscaler.
Artifactory High Availability
Customizations specific to Artifactory HA:
Artifactory Storage
Configure persistent storage for Artifactory HA nodes.
Add HA Licenses
Inject license keys for Artifactory HA Helm deployments.
Scale the HA Cluster
Scale Artifactory HA nodes up or down in your Helm cluster.
Existing Volume Claim
Use a pre-existing PVC for Artifactory HA data storage.
Existing Shared Volume Claim
Use a pre-existing shared PVC across Artifactory HA nodes.
Advanced Options for Xray
Customizations specific to Xray:
Enable TLS in RabbitMQ (Xray Chart)
Enable TLS for RabbitMQ in the standalone Xray Helm chart.
RabbitMQ TLS Configuration for Xray (Platform Helm)
Enable TLS for RabbitMQ when Xray runs within the JFrog Platform chart.
Disable TLS in RabbitMQ for Xray in JFrog Platform Chart
Disable TLS for RabbitMQ when Xray runs within the JFrog Platform chart.
Uninstall and Deletion
Procedures for removing Artifactory and Xray Helm installations:
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