Create a JFrog Artifactory retention policy via the REST API to automatically delete artifacts older than 180 days from a Docker hosted repository

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Steps

  1. Use the JFrog Platform Retention REST API; send a POST to https://<ARTIFACTORY_URL>/artifactory/api/retention to create a new policy with a JSON body specifying name, repoKeys, criteria type, and age threshold
  2. Set the criteria to target artifacts by last modified or last downloaded age using the appropriate criteria fields supported by the Retention Policies API
  3. Enable the policy and set the schedule (cron expression or daily interval) in the policy body so that it runs automatically
  4. Retrieve and verify the created policy with a GET to https://<ARTIFACTORY_URL>/artifactory/api/retention/<policyName>
  5. Optionally perform a dry-run by setting dryRun: true in the policy body to preview which artifacts would be deleted before committing the policy

Known gotchas

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