Application artifact registration is performed by receiving a bundle service specification configured for deployment of a software service in a cloud native environment, transferring a bundle from an original address indicated in the bundle service specification to an object storage at a principal address, attaching, to the bundle service specification, a bundle identifier and the principal address, extracting a plurality of artifacts from the bundle, each of the plurality of artifacts being stored in the object storage at a subordinate address, and creating one or more artifact service specifications, each artifact service specification representing one or more of the plurality of artifacts, each service specification representing the corresponding subordinate address, an artifact identifier, and an artifact type of each represented artifact.