SUSE Linux OCI Container Registry (Distribution): Suitable for running a local OCI registry

Description

This container image allows running a local OCI registry.

Usage

Before you start the container, you need to create a config.yml with the following content:

---
version: 0.1
log:
  level: info
storage:
  filesystem:
    rootdirectory: /var/lib/docker-registry
http:
  addr: 0.0.0.0:5000

You can also create an empty directory for storing the images outside the container:

mkdir -p /var/lib/docker-registry

Then you can start the container with the following command:

podman run -it --restart=always -p 5000:5000 -v /path/to/config.yml:/etc/registry/config.yml \
  -v /var/lib/docker-registry:/var/lib/docker-registry --name registry registry.suse.com/suse/registry:3.1

The registry is available at http://localhost:5000.

To run the registry as a Systemd service using Podman Quadlet, create a unit file named /etc/containers/systemd/registry.container with the following content (update variables accordingly):

[Unit]
Description=SUSE Linux OCI Container Registry (Distribution)

[Container]
Image=registry.suse.com/suse/registry:3.1
ContainerName=registry
PublishPort=5000:5000
Volume=/path/to/config.yml:/etc/registry/config.yml:Z
Volume=/var/lib/docker-registry:/var/lib/docker-registry:Z

[Service]
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

To generate a systemd service for the registry container, execute the following command:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

To enable and start the registry service, execute the following command:

sudo systemctl enable --now registry

Licensing

SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

This documentation and the build recipe are licensed as Apache-2.0. The container itself contains various software components under various open source licenses listed in the associated Software Bill of Materials (SBOM).

This image is based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, a reliable, secure, and scalable server operating system built to power mission-critical workloads in physical and virtual environments.