Artifactory (RubyGems) - HeroDevs Never‑Ending Support

Teams using JFrog Artifactory can manage access to NES packages through 3 easy steps:

Create a Remote Repository for our private RubyGems registry.
Configure (or create) a Virtual Repository to leverage the newly created Remote Repository.
Verify your developers are able to access our package through your Virtual Repository.

Important

The Virtual Repository is mandatory as a misconfiguration will lead to Artifactory seeking all RubyGems packages from us. Failure to configure this correctly may result in suspension of your access token.

Setup Instructions

Create a Remote Repository

Navigate to the Administration tab (top navbar next to Application)
Select Repositories (left side navbar)
Navigate to the Remote subtab.
Select Create Repository > Remote, and then select Gems as the type.

Configure the following parameters on the Basic tab:
JFrog Artifactory Basic tab configuration form for creating a RubyGems remote repository

JFrog Artifactory Basic tab configuration form for creating a RubyGems remote repository

Parameter	Value
Repository Key	nes (or whatever alias your team prefers)
URL	https://registry.nes.herodevs.com/rubygems
Username	artifactory
Password	`<NES_ACCESS_TOKEN>`
Include Patterns	leave the default glob `*/` pattern
Remote Mapping Layout	simple-default

Configure the following on the Advanced tab:
- Ensure Bypass HEAD Requests is checked
- Ensure Disable URL Normalization is checked

The final results should look similar to the following:

Basic

Completed JFrog Artifactory Basic tab configuration for RubyGems remote repository showing Repository Key, URL, Username, Password, Include Patterns, and Remote Mapping Layout fields filled in

Advanced

Completed JFrog Artifactory Advanced tab configuration for RubyGems remote repository showing Bypass HEAD Requests and Disable URL Normalization options checked

Note

Our registry DOES NOT implement every endpoint in the public RubyGems registry. As such, some Artifactory features may not function as expected, such as the "Test" button or various search features.

Verify Access

Lastly, with your Virtual Repository keyed as gems-default and assuming that you have a valid Artifactory username / password, configure your Gemfile accordingly:

Gemfile

source 'https://<USERNAME>:<PASSWORD>@<DOMAIN>.jfrog.io/artifactory/api/gems/<REPO_NAME>/' do
  gem 'rails', '2.3.18.59'
  gem 'actionmailer',     :require => false
  gem 'actionpack',       :require => false
  gem 'activerecord',     :require => false
  gem 'activeresource',   :require => false
  gem 'activesupport',    :require => false
  gem 'railties',         :require => false
  gem 'rack',             :require => false
end

Once the above steps are completed Artifactory will:

Attempt to download packages inside the sourc block will pull from our private registry.

The Final Check

Open a project containing the Gemfile
Execute an bundle install command.

You should see successful output from the bundle install command and a generated Gemfile.lock with the right information.