Associate JFrog Artifactory Certification

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The Associate JFrog Artifactory Certification validates your ability to manage and deploy artifacts in production environments using JFrog Artifactory. It covers the full lifecycle from repository creation to security, build tools, and artifact promotion.

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Exam Details

Property	Value
Format	48 Multiple Choice (Theory) + Hands-on Lab (Practical)
Theory Time	60 minutes
Lab Time	60 minutes
Passing Score	80% (theory) + Successful task completion (lab)
Attempts	Up to 2 attempts (theoretical exam)
Language	English
Price	$200
Certificate	LinkedIn-shareable digital certificate
Official Link	academy.jfrog.com

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Learning Objectives

Upon passing this certification, you will be able to:

1. Demonstrate Artifactory Functionality — Understand how Artifactory works, its architecture on SaaS, and key components
2. Configure Build Tools — Integrate Maven, Gradle, Docker, npm, PyPI, and other tools with Artifactory
3. Manage Development and Release Processes — Handle snapshots, releases, and versioning strategies
4. Utilize Repositories — Create, configure, and manage Local, Remote, and Virtual repositories
5. Establish Security and Permissions — Configure users, groups, permission targets, and access tokens
6. Apply RBv2 — Configure and use Role-Based Permissions v2
7. Troubleshoot Resolution Errors — Diagnose and fix common Maven/npm/pip resolution failures
8. Perform Unidirectional Artifact Transfer — Use JFrog Distribution to deliver to edge nodes
9. Set Up Xray — Configure indexes, policies, and watches for security scanning

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Exam Topic Breakdown & Study Resources

1. Artifactory Fundamentals

What to study: - JFrog Platform overview and SaaS architecture - Repository types: Local, Remote, Virtual - Supported package types (Maven, Docker, npm, PyPI, Helm, Gradle, Terraform, Generic) - Artifact storage, checksums, and metadata

DevOpsPilot Resources: - 📄 What is JFrog Artifactory? - 📄 Key Concepts: Local, Remote & Virtual

Official Resources: - 🔗 JFrog Artifactory Overview Docs - 🔗 Repository Types

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2. Build Tools Configuration

What to study: - Configuring settings.xml for Maven; .npmrc for npm; pip.conf for PyPI - Gradle build.gradle repository config - JFrog CLI jf mvnc, jf npmc, jf pipc setup commands - Docker login and push/pull with Artifactory

DevOpsPilot Resources: - 📄 Maven Repositories - 📄 Docker Repositories - 📄 npm Repositories - 📄 PyPI Repositories - 📄 Gradle Repositories

Official Resources: - 🔗 Maven Integration Docs - 🔗 Docker Registry Docs

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3. Repositories Management

What to study: - Creating Local, Remote, and Virtual repositories in SaaS UI - Repository configuration options (handle releases/snapshots, redeployment) - Default deployment repository on Virtual repos - Excludes/includes patterns in Virtual repos

DevOpsPilot Resources: - 📄 Getting Started with JFrog SaaS - 📄 Key Concepts

Official Resources: - 🔗 Repository Management - 🔗 Virtual Repository Aggregation

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4. Security & Permissions

What to study: - Users, groups, permission targets - Role-Based Permissions v2 (RBv2) - Access tokens: creation, scopes, expiry - Permission actions: Read, Write, Delete, Manage, Manage Xray Metadata

DevOpsPilot Resources: - 📄 Permissions & Users

Official Resources: - 🔗 Access Control - 🔗 Access Tokens

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5. JFrog CLI

What to study: - CLI installation and server config - jf rt upload, jf rt download, jf rt search, jf rt copy, jf rt move - Build info capture: jf rt build-publish - Package manager integration: jf mvnc, jf npmc, jf pipc

DevOpsPilot Resources: - 📄 JFrog CLI Basics

Official Resources: - 🔗 JFrog CLI Documentation

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6. Build Info & Promotion

What to study: - What build info captures (build number, VCS, modules, artifacts, dependencies) - jf rt build-publish and jf rt build-promote - Promotion statuses and audit trail

DevOpsPilot Resources: - 📄 Build Info & Promotion

Official Resources: - 🔗 Build Integration

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7. JFrog Xray Basics

What to study: - Xray architecture: indexing, policies, watches, violations - Security policy: CVE severity thresholds, fail-build action - License compliance policies - Watches: connecting repos to policies

Official Resources: - 🔗 Xray Overview - 🔗 Xray Policies

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Preparation Tips

Hands-on Lab Tip

Practice all repository operations in a JFrog SaaS free trial without referencing documentation — the lab is 60 minutes, timed and closed-book.

Study the Virtual Repository Deeply

Resolution order and the Default Deployment Repository configuration are commonly tested.

Learn the JFrog CLI Commands

Know jf rt upload, jf rt download, jf rt build-publish, and jf rt build-promote well.

Recommended Preparation

Complete the JFrog Artifactory Certification Program on JFrog Academy before attempting the exam.

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🧠 Practice Questions

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You want all developers to use a single URL for dependency resolution regardless of whether the package is internal or from Maven Central. Which repository type should they point their settings.xml at?

Local Repository

Remote Repository

Virtual Repository

Distribution Repository

The Virtual Repository aggregates Local and Remote repos under a single URL. It is the correct endpoint for developer and CI tool settings.xml mirrors — they never need to know which underlying repo serves each package.

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A CI pipeline needs to push Docker images to JFrog Artifactory. What credential type should you use for the CI system?

Username + Password only

Access Token with Write scope

Admin API Key

SSH Key

Access Tokens are the recommended credential type for CI/CD systems. They are auditable, revokable, and can be scoped precisely to only the permissions the pipeline needs.

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After a successful build, which JFrog CLI command links the build artifacts to their build metadata in Artifactory?

jf rt upload

jf rt build-publish

jf rt build-promote

jf rt set-props

jf rt build-publish <build-name> <build-number> publishes the collected build info to Artifactory, linking all artifacts and dependencies to the build record.

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In a Virtual Maven repository, what happens when you mvn deploy against the Virtual repo URL?

The artifact is stored in the Virtual repo directly

It fails — Virtual repos are read-only

The artifact is written to the configured Default Deployment Repository (a Local repo)

It is written to the first Remote repo in the resolution order

Virtual repos do not store artifacts. Deploys are routed to the Local repo designated as the "Default Deployment Repository" in the Virtual repo's settings.

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Next Steps

👉 Associate HA & DR Certification 👉 Associate Security Certification 🔗 Buy the Certification ($200)

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