Container Image Registry System
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A Container Image Registry System is a registry system that manages the storage and retrieval of container images.
- Context:
- It can (typically) be used to store and distribute container images for use in Containerization platforms like Docker or Kubernetes.
- It can (often) store different versions of a container image.
- It can (often) include features such as vulnerability scanning, access controls, and image signing.
- It can (often) support public and private repositories for sharing and accessing container images.
- It can (typically) facilitate the deployment process by providing a centralized location for storing container images that deployment tools and services can access.
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- Example(s):
- Docker Hub is a public container image registry service provided by Docker.
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) is a managed container image registry service provided by AWS.
- Google Container Registry (GCR) is a managed service that provides a private container image registry on Google Cloud Platform.
- Azure Container Registry (ACR) is a managed Docker container registry used for storing and managing Docker images in Azure.
- Harbor is an open-source container image registry that secures images with role-based access control, scans images for vulnerabilities, and signs images as trusted.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- A Source Code Repository is not a container image registry system as it is primarily used for storing and managing source code rather than container images.
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- See: Container, Image Repository, Software Artifact Registry.