#Introduction

#What is JFrog Connector

JFrog Connector is a specialized connector component that enables secure and convenient integration with JFrog Artifactory, allowing users to interact with JFrog Artifactory repositories without handling credentials in clients like mvn, npm, or pip.

Once JFrog Connector Component is deployed, users can:

• Create JFrog connectors to integrate with JFrog Artifactory instances
• Perform Maven, NPM, and PyPI operations in CI/CD pipelines or Kubernetes workloads without directly handling credentials

#Application Scenarios

The JFrog Connector allows you to perform package operations securely by:

• Managing credentials centrally rather than hardcoding them in clients
• Automatically injecting authentication during package operations through the proxy

This approach is particularly useful for:

• CI/CD pipelines or kubernetes jobs requiring access to JFrog Artifactory repositories
• Teams sharing JFrog Artifactory access without sharing credentials
• Environments requiring centralized management of JFrog Artifactory credentials without distributing credentials to each client
• Multi-format repository access: Maven, NPM, and PyPI registries through a single connector