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Integrate with JFrog Artifactory

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What is JFrog Artifactory?​

JFrog Artifactory is a universal artifact repository manager that stores and manages packages, container images, and other build artifacts. It supports package formats such as Maven, npm, PyPI, Docker, and Helm, and is available self-hosted or as a cloud service on the JFrog Platform.

-- https://jfrog.com/artifactory/

Preparation​

The following placeholders are used in this guide:

  • jfrog.company is the FQDN of the JFrog Platform installation. For JFrog Cloud, this is <server-name>.jfrog.io.
  • authentik.company is the FQDN of the authentik installation.
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This documentation lists only the settings that you need to change from their default values. Be aware that any changes other than those explicitly mentioned in this guide could cause issues accessing your application.

JFrog subscription

SAML SSO requires a Pro X, Enterprise X, or Enterprise+ license on self-hosted installations, or an Enterprise X or Enterprise+ subscription on JFrog Cloud.

authentik configuration​

To support the integration of JFrog Artifactory with authentik, you need to create an application/provider pair in authentik.

Create an application and provider​

SAML provider changes in authentik 2026.5

authentik 2026.5 introduces changes to how the SAML provider behaves. Specifically, the provider now automatically sets the Issuer value to: https://authentik.company/application/saml/<application_slug>/metadata/

Older versions of authentik set this value to authentik by default. If you're running an older version, please set Issuer to https://authentik.company/application/saml/<application_slug>/metadata/, where <application_slug> is the slug that you selected for the application.

  1. Log in to authentik as an administrator and open the authentik Admin interface.

  2. Navigate to Applications > Applications and click New Application to open the application wizard.

    • Application: provide a descriptive name, an optional group for the type of application, the policy engine mode, and optional UI settings. Note the Slug value because it is required later.
    • Choose a Provider type: select SAML Provider as the provider type.
    • Configure the Provider: provide a name (or accept the auto-provided name), the authorization flow to use for this provider, and the following required configurations.
      • ACS URL: https://jfrog.company/ui/api/v1/auth/saml/loginResponse/authentik. The last URL segment is the Display Name of the SAML configuration created in the JFrog Platform later in this guide.
      • Audience: https://jfrog.company
      • Under Advanced protocol settings:
        • Select any available Signing Certificate.
        • Enable Sign responses.
        • Set NameID Property Mapping to authentik default SAML Mapping: Username. The JFrog Platform uses this value as the username.
    • Configure Bindings (optional): you can create a binding (policy, group, or user) to manage the listing and access to applications on a user's Application Dashboard page.

  3. Click Submit to save the new application and provider.

Download the signing certificate​

  1. Navigate to Applications > Providers and click the JFrog Artifactory provider.
  2. Under Related objects > Download signing certificate, click Download. Open the downloaded certificate in a text editor and copy its contents.

JFrog Artifactory configuration​

  1. Log in to the JFrog Platform as an administrator.
  2. On self-hosted installations, in the Administration module, navigate to General Management > Settings and set Custom URL Base to https://jfrog.company.
  3. In the Administration module, navigate to Authentication > SAML SSO.
  4. Click Add Settings and configure the following values:
    • Display Name: authentik. This value must match the last segment of the ACS URL configured in authentik.
    • Enable SAML Integration: enable this setting.
    • SAML Login URL: https://authentik.company/application/saml/<application_slug>/
    • SAML Logout URL: https://authentik.company/application/saml/<application_slug>/
    • Identity Provider Entity ID (Issuer): https://authentik.company/application/saml/<application_slug>/metadata/. This value must match the Issuer of the authentik provider.
    • SAML Certificate: paste the contents of the signing certificate that you downloaded from authentik.
    • Auto Create Artifactory Users: enable this setting so that users are created on their first SSO login.
    • Email Attribute: http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress
    • Auto Associate Groups (optional): enable this setting and set Group Attribute to http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/claims/Group to synchronize group membership from authentik. The JFrog Platform only associates users with groups that already exist under the same name; it does not create new groups.
  5. Click Save.

Configuration verification​

To confirm that authentik is properly configured with JFrog Artifactory, log out of the JFrog Platform, click SSO login on the login page, and log in via authentik.

Resources​