22 December 2020

#JFrog

#JFrog

Key Concepts


Topic / SubTopic Basic Intermediate Advanced Expert
Introduction What is JFrog, Products overview, Benefits ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Installation & Setup On-prem, Cloud, Docker, System requirements ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Basic Artifact Operations Upload/download artifacts, REST API basics, UI navigation ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Authentication & Authorization Users, Groups, Permissions, Roles ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Repositories Local, Remote, Virtual, Repository Layouts, Best Practices ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Package Management Maven, Gradle, npm, PyPI, Docker registries ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Build Integration Jenkins, TeamCity, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Security & Compliance Xray scans, Vulnerability detection, License compliance ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
CI/CD & Pipelines JFrog Pipelines, Artifact promotion, Distribution ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Enterprise Setup High availability, Clustering, Disaster recovery, Multi-site replication ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
CLI Basics JFrog CLI commands, Installation, Configuration ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Logging & Troubleshooting Basics UI logs, Error messages ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Docker & Kubernetes JFrog as Docker registry, Helm charts integration ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Metadata & Properties Artifact metadata, Custom properties ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Repository Replication Push/Pull replication, Failover setup ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Build Info & Metadata Collecting build info, Integration with CI/CD ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Cross-Repo Operations Copy/Move artifacts, Multi-repo search ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Custom Plugins Artifactory plugins, Automation extensions ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Notifications & Webhooks Artifact events, CI/CD triggers ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Community & Resources Documentation, Forums, Support ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅

Interview question

📘 Basic Level

  1. What is JFrog Artifactory?
  2. What are the main features of JFrog Artifactory?
  3. Explain the difference between a local, remote, and virtual repository in JFrog.
  4. What is the purpose of JFrog CLI?
  5. Which package formats are supported by JFrog Artifactory?
  6. How does JFrog Artifactory integrate with CI/CD tools?
  7. What is the difference between JFrog Artifactory OSS and JFrog Pro?
  8. Explain the concept of metadata in JFrog repositories.
  9. What is the default storage mechanism used in Artifactory?
  10. How do you create a local repository in JFrog Artifactory?
  11. What is the JFrog Mission Control tool used for?
  12. Explain the concept of ?repository path? in Artifactory.
  13. How does authentication work in JFrog Artifactory?
  14. What are the different types of repositories in JFrog?
  15. Can JFrog Artifactory host Docker images?
  16. What is the role of artifactory.properties file?
  17. How do you access JFrog Artifactory via REST API?
  18. What is the purpose of the JFrog Xray product?
  19. Explain the concept of repository replication.
  20. How do you search for an artifact in Artifactory?
  21. What is the difference between Artifactory and Nexus?
  22. How do you configure users and groups in JFrog?
  23. What is the JFrog Platform?
  24. What is the purpose of access tokens in JFrog?
  25. Explain the basic installation steps for JFrog Artifactory.

📗 Intermediate Level

  1. How do you integrate JFrog Artifactory with Jenkins?
  2. Explain artifact promotion in JFrog.
  3. How does JFrog handle artifact versioning?
  4. What is the difference between "Snapshot" and "Release" repositories in Maven with JFrog?
  5. How do you configure SSL for JFrog Artifactory?
  6. What is JFrog Pipelines, and how does it differ from Jenkins?
  7. Explain the use of ?Build Info? in JFrog.
  8. How do you replicate a repository across multiple sites?
  9. What is the difference between push and pull replication?
  10. How do you monitor Artifactory performance?
  11. What are the benefits of using JFrog CLI over REST API?
  12. How do you backup and restore JFrog Artifactory data?
  13. What is the difference between anonymous and authenticated access?
  14. How do you configure API keys for automation in JFrog?
  15. Explain the role of access federation in JFrog.
  16. How do you configure retention policies for artifacts?
  17. What is the use of JFrog Access service?
  18. How do you configure LDAP or SAML authentication in JFrog?
  19. What is artifact resolution in JFrog?
  20. How do you enable high availability (HA) in JFrog?
  21. Explain the concept of "checksum-based storage".
  22. What is the difference between virtual and remote repositories?
  23. How do you enable fine-grained permissions for users?
  24. Explain how caching works in remote repositories.
  25. How do you monitor security vulnerabilities using JFrog Xray?

📕 Advanced Level

  1. How does JFrog Artifactory handle immutability of artifacts?
  2. Explain JFrog?s microservices architecture.
  3. How do you integrate JFrog Artifactory with Kubernetes?
  4. What are the scaling strategies for JFrog Artifactory in production?
  5. How do you secure Docker repositories in JFrog?
  6. Explain how JFrog Xray integrates with CI/CD pipelines.
  7. How do you handle artifact cleanup strategies?
  8. What is the difference between Smart Remote Repositories and Replication?
  9. How does JFrog Artifactory store binary files internally?
  10. How do you troubleshoot performance issues in JFrog?
  11. Explain how to configure distribution repositories in JFrog.
  12. How do you manage multi-site artifact distribution?
  13. How does JFrog handle database connectivity?
  14. What are some best practices for repository naming conventions?
  15. How do you configure JFrog for disaster recovery?
  16. Explain the use of ?Repository Layouts? in JFrog.
  17. What are JFrog Projects, and how are they useful?
  18. How do you automate artifact promotion with JFrog CLI?
  19. What is the role of metadata indexing in JFrog?
  20. How do you use AQL (Artifactory Query Language)?
  21. What is the difference between an artifact and a module?
  22. How do you configure security replication across multiple JFrog instances?
  23. What is the role of the router service in JFrog architecture?
  24. How do you integrate JFrog with HashiCorp Vault or Secret Managers?
  25. Explain the difference between hybrid and SaaS deployments of JFrog.

📓 Expert Level

  1. How do you design a multi-region JFrog deployment for enterprise scale?
  2. Explain the internals of JFrog?s checksum-based storage mechanism.
  3. How do you tune JFrog Garbage Collection for performance?
  4. What are the advanced security practices for securing JFrog repositories?
  5. How do you integrate JFrog with Service Mesh (Istio, Linkerd)?
  6. Explain the challenges of scaling JFrog in cloud-native environments.
  7. How do you design HA clusters for JFrog Artifactory?
  8. What are the advanced use cases of JFrog Xray?
  9. How do you handle petabyte-scale artifact storage in JFrog?
  10. Explain the role of Metadata Service in JFrog?s architecture.
  11. How do you debug microservice failures in JFrog Platform?
  12. What are the performance bottlenecks in JFrog, and how do you mitigate them?
  13. How do you configure fine-grained RBAC across thousands of users in JFrog?
  14. What are the differences between JFrog SaaS and self-hosted from a security perspective?
  15. How do you integrate JFrog with GitOps workflows?
  16. How do you migrate from Nexus/Harbor to JFrog Artifactory?
  17. Explain the process of onboarding enterprise teams into JFrog Platform.
  18. How do you configure JFrog Distribution for global software delivery?
  19. What is the best approach to securing API-driven automation in JFrog?
  20. How do you tune JFrog?s PostgreSQL for optimal performance?
  21. What are some strategies to reduce storage costs in JFrog Artifactory?
  22. How do you integrate JFrog with advanced observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)?
  23. How do you implement a blue/green deployment strategy using JFrog?
  24. What is the future roadmap of JFrog (AI/ML integrations, advanced DevSecOps features)?
  25. Explain how JFrog can be part of a Zero Trust security model.

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