Figure 5.44. Jenkins displays a link to the corresponding Artifactory repository
This link takes you to a page on the Artifactory server containing the deployed artifact (see Figure 5.45,
“Viewing the deployed artifact in Artifactory”). From this page, there is also a link that takes you back
to the build that built the artifact.
Figure 5.45. Viewing the deployed artifact in Artifactory
5.9.5. Deploying to Commercial Enterprise Repository Managers
An Enterprise Repository Manager is an essential part of any Maven-based software development
infrastructure. They also play a key role for non-Maven projects using tools like Ivy and Gradle, both
of which rely on standard Maven repositories.
Both of the principal Enterprise Repository Managers, Nexus and Artifactory, offer professional
versions which come with extra integration features with Jenkins. Later on in the book, we will discuss
how you can use advanced features such as Nexus Pro’s staging and release management to implement
sophisticated build promotion strategies. On the deployment side of things, the commercial edition of
Artifactory (Artifactory Pro Power Pack) extends the two-way integration we saw earlier. When you
view an artifact in the repository browser, a “Builds” tab displays details about the Jenkins build that
created the artifact, and a link to the Jenkins build page (see Figure 5.46, “Viewing the deployed artifact