Purpose

In Bamboo 6.2 a new feature called "Artifact Handlers" was introduced which lets you control where artifacts produced by plans are stored as described here. But, the user might face difficulties in understanding the use case of the options available under this feature to manage your artifacts. This guide will help you understand the possible use case scenarios to understand these options further.

Solution

The below matrices will cover possible combinations of the available options in different use case scenarios.
The following legend will be used to simplify the data representation.

Legend	Comment
-	The artifact can't be either published or downloaded
	The artifact can be created and published
	The artifact can be downloaded
	The artifact can't be downloaded

Case 1:

• PLAN A is used for creating and publishing artifacts using a local agent 1
• PLAN B is used for downloading the artifact using local agent 2.

Local Agent 1(PLAN A for creating and publishing artifacts)	Local Agent 2(PLAN B for downloading artifacts)
	Agent-local artifact handler	Bamboo remote handler	Amazon S3	SFTP (available on 9.1)	Server-local artifact handler (deprecated on 8.1)
Agent-local artifact handler	-	-	-	-	-
Bamboo remote handler	-	-	-	-	-
Amazon S3
SFTP (available on 9.1)
Server-local artifact handler (deprecated on 8.1)

Case 2:

• PLAN A is used for creating and publishing artifact using a local agent 1
• PLAN B is used for downloading the artifact using remote agent 1

Local Agent 1(PLAN A for creating and publishing artifacts)	Remote Agent 1(PLAN B for downloading artifacts)
	Agent-local artifact handler	Bamboo remote handler	Amazon S3	SFTP (available on 9.1)	Server-local artifact handler (deprecated on 8.1)
Agent-local artifact handler		-	-	-	-
Bamboo remote handler	-	-	-	-	-
SFTP (available on 9.1)
Amazon S3
Server-local artifact handler (deprecated on 8.1)

Case 3:

• PLAN A is used for creating and publishing artifact using a remote agent 1

• PLAN B is used for downloading the artifact using local agent 1

Remote Agent 1(PLAN A for creating and publishing artifacts)	Local Agent 1(PLAN B for downloading artifacts)
	Agent-local artifact handler	Bamboo remote handler	Amazon S3	SFTP (available on 9.1)	Server-local artifact handler (deprecated on 8.1)
Agent-local artifact handler
Bamboo remote handler
Amazon S3
SFTP (available on 9.1)
Server-local artifact handler (deprecated on 8.1)	-	-	-	-	-

Case 4:

• PLAN A is used for creating and publishing artifact using a remote agent 1

• PLAN B is used for downloading the artifact using remote agent 2

Remote Agent 1(PLAN A for creating and publishing artifacts)	Remote Agent 2(PLAN B for downloading artifacts)
	Agent-local artifact handler	Bamboo remote handler	Amazon S3	SFTP (available on 9.1)	Server-local artifact handler (deprecated on 8.1)
Agent-local artifact handler
Bamboo remote handler
Amazon S3
SFTP (available on 9.1)
Server-local artifact handler (deprecated on 8.1)	-	-	-	-	-