Unix

When using Unix, it is possible to install Artifactory as a Unix service or run it manually.
Before you install is recommended you first verify your current environment by running artifactoryctl check under the $ARTIFACTORY_HOME/bin folder (this script is, in fact, a customized Jetty init script).

Installing Artifactory as Linux Service

Introduction

Artifactory is packaged with a complete install script that can be used to install it as a Unix service running under a custom user and using the standard Unix directories.

Installing

To setup Artifactory correctly as a Linux service run, as root, the $ARTIFACTORY_HOME/bin/install.sh script.

Here is the main information about what this script is doing:

User creation

Creates a user named "artifactory" ($ARTIFACTORY_USER) by default. You can change the default user by editing the $ARTIFACTORY_USER value in /etc/artifactory/default. The install script accepts the user name as its first and only parameter.

etc config

Creates the folder /etc/artifactory, copies the configuration files there and creates a soft link in $ARTIFACTORY_HOME/etc

etc default

Creates the file /etc/artifactory/default that contains the main environment variables needed for artifactory to run: JAVA_HOME, ARTIFACTORY_USER, ARTIFACTORY_HOME, JAVA_OPTIONS,...
The /etc/artifactory/default is included at the top of artifactoryctl and so can include whatever you wish.
NOTE: The default max memory is 1GB

init.d

It copies the file artifactoryctl to /etc/init.d/artifactory

Logs folder

Creates /var/log/artifactory folder, makes it writable for the user ARTIFACTORY_USER and creates a soft link $ARTIFACTORY_HOME/logs.

Backup folder

Creates the folder $ARTIFACTORY_HOME/backup, so you will need to create a link if you wish this folder to point to somewhere else (like /var/backup/artifactory for example). The script makes $ARTIFACTORY_HOME/backup writable for the user ARTIFACTORY_USER.

Data folder

Create the folder $ARTIFACTORY_HOME/data, so you will need to create a link if you wish this folder to point to somewhere else. The script will make it writable for the user ARTIFACTORY_USER.

chkconfig calls

The script calls add, list (you can see the output), then activate the Artifactory service

After running the script successfully you can test the installation by running: service artifactory check or /etc/init.d/artifactory check

And if everything is OK, start artifactory with:

service artifactory start

or

/etc/init.d/artifactory start

You can then check the Artifactory log with:

tail \-f $ARTIFACTORY_HOME/logs/artifactory.log

Normally Artifactory will be started as root (when running as a service) and will su internally to the $ARTIFACTORY_USER user. If the $ARTIFACTORY_USER is undefined Artifactory will run as the current user, which is not recommended, especially if the current user is root, due to security considerations.

Running Artifactory Manually on Unix

You can run artifactory manually with artifactory.sh directly to see its behavior. The console will be locked on artifactory process and you can stop it cleanly with crtl+c.

You can also try executing

artifactoryctl check|start|stop

to directly run Artifactory as a daemon process, using the environment variable of the shell you are currently in.