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What are Container registries and why are they increasingly becoming popular?

Containers have taken the enterprise by storm and their advantages are wide spread. Managing these container images is becoming difficult; as more & more container technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, vagrant e.t.c are becoming popular & widely used. Modern DevOps teams are required to manage all types of binaries at scale, with most modern microservices-based architectures being developed using Docker, Kubernetes and other popular containers. These DevOps teams working with container technologies need a robust & flexible registry solution for container image management.

JFrog, creators of Artifactory and the Universal DevOps technology leader known for enabling liquid software via continuous update flows, announced the launch of JFrog Container Registry — powered by JFrog Artifactory — as the most comprehensive and advanced container registry available in the market to manage Docker, Kubernetes helm and generic container images.

This new hybrid container solution provides the registry and management tools for container images that are scalable and reliable, all while ensuring container images are protected from security vulnerabilities. It produces the world’s richest metadata through an Artifactory core, providing rich storage capabilities and fully-hybrid capabilities for maximum flexibility.

JFrog Container Registry also includes the ability to easily integrate with the other tools you use, either through REST APIs or the JFrog CLI, so your CI/CD platform can readily push completed builds to your registries.

JFrog Container Registry features:

  • A robust Docker container registry
  • Hybrid model: on-premise or via SaaS multi-cloud
  • Advanced automation through REST, CLI, YAML, and more
  • Full support for Helm
  • Free support for local, virtual and remote repositories, including generics
  • Secure registry technology, powered by JFrog Xray

JFrog Container Registry offers below unmatched benefits:
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And best of all JFrog Container Registry is offered free!!

How to get started?

You can host the JFrog Container Registry as an On-Prem (Freemium) version on your own infrastructure or use the SaaS version. Both versions of JFrog Container Registry share an almost identical set of features, look and feel and functionality but provide you with the flexibility you need when it comes to meeting your organization’s hosting and infrastructure requirements.

The JFrog Container Registry is available for free at jfrog.com/container-registry.

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