| # Artifactory |
| |
| Artifactory is a host tool which emits a GCS upload manifest of build artifacts |
| from the local build directory in an organized layout. The artifacts which are |
| written into the manifest are determined by build API metadata, e.g. |
| images.json, blobs.json, binaries.json, etc. |
| |
| The infrastructure invokes artifactory and pipes the upload manifest into its |
| uploader after each build so that the artifacts may be accessed by downstream |
| clients. |
| |
| ## Cloud storage layout |
| |
| Artifacts specific to a build e.g. images are uploaded to a unique namespace |
| according to a unique `-namespace`. Artifacts which may be shared across builds, |
| e.g. blobs, debug binaries, etc. are uploaded to a shared namespace. The precise |
| layout is documented in [cmd/up.go](cmd/up.go). |
| |
| ## Deduplication |
| |
| Artifacts which live in shared namespaces are not uploaded more than once. Thus |
| the number of files uploaded, and the runtime of the tool, go down depending on |
| the amount of deduplication across builds and/or repeat invocations. |
