ARTIFACTORY: How to configure Go Smart Repository

Introduction 

This guide outlines the steps to configure a smart remote repository for Go packages within Artifactory. Due to Go package resolution being exclusively supported through a virtual repository, the configuration of a smart remote repository for Go differs from other package types. These instructions are applicable for configuring a smart remote repository in another Artifactory instance or on Artifactory Edge nodes.

Step-by-step instructions:

1. On the source Artifactory instance, create a virtual repository that aggregates a remote repository pointing to the default Go proxy URL: `[https://proxy.golang.org](https://proxy.golang.org)`.
    
2. Verify that the Go packages are getting downloaded successfully from the source Artifactory instance. For instructions on how to resolve a Go package, please refer to the “Set me up” page.
   
    
3. Next, on the Edge instance, create a smart remote repository that points to the virtual repository created on the source Artifactory instance. Then, aggregate this smart remote repository into a virtual repository on the Edge instance.
   
   Example URL to be configured in the Smart Remote Repository (on the target/Edge instance):

   https://<SOURCE_ART_URL>/artifactory/api/go/<SOURCE_VIRTUAL_REPO_NAME>/

   
    
4. Configure the Go client to utilize the virtual repository on the target Artifactory instance, and then proceed to resolve the Go packages.