XRAY: How to disable Xray to allow download of artifacts when the Xray service is unavailable

In this article, we will be describing the process to disable Xray integration using the Artifactory Config Descriptor changes to allow the download of artifacts when the Xray service is unavailable with a block download policy enabled.

Instructions to disable Xray integration:

In the platform UI, navigate to the Administration tab → Artifactory → Config Descriptor, and under the <xrayConfig> section, make the flag ‘enabled’ false.

<xrayConfig>
    <enabled>false</enabled>
    .
    .
    .
  </xrayConfig>

Please make a note while making changes with Config Descriptor that no other lines in the configuration files should be changed. As an alternative copy the config file by using the option available on the right top and have a backup before modifying the snippet.

Once the configuration is updated, we will be able to download artifacts that are blocked by Xray.