title: What's the purpose of an artifact repository?
body: <p>Wherever you read about <strong>continuous delivery</strong> or <strong>continuous integration</strong> it's recommended to use an <strong>artifact repository</strong> to store the artifacts even though Jenkins already stores them for each build.</p>
  
  <p><strong>So why is it recommended to use an artifact repository? Is there a smooth solution to work with the artifacts of the Jenkins builds, ex. to use these artifacts for deployment?</strong></p>