What is a binary artifact?

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I came across this term while looking for build automation in devops, I still am unsure about what exactly this term means. Can anyone explain?

Adi Dembak · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-18T14:29:02.760

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Artifacts are usually the outcome of build processes: an output or collection of files (ex. JAR, WAR, DLL, RPM,.MD,YAML), and possibly metadata and documentation files as well.
In broader terms: Any process that is applied to a source code repository could yield an artifact.

A release is usually a collection of artifacts.

Artifacts can be stored- separately from source code(say, in Github)- in artifact repositories, or artifact/package management systems. For example: Sonatype Nexus, and Jfrog Artifactory.

edited May 18 '22 at 14:29

answered May 12 '20 at 11:15

Adi Dembak

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So basically nexus, maven repositories that store binaries are called artifact repositories, and something like GitHub could be called a source code repository ? – user1354825 Jun 20 '20 at 09:33
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Basically, yes. – Adi Dembak Jun 20 '20 at 10:35

What is a binary artifact?

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