This project implements the backend for registry.k8s.io, Kubernetes's container image registry.

For more details on the implementation see cmd/archeio

The community deployment configs are documented at in the k8s.io repo with the rest of the community infra deployments: https://github.com/kubernetes/k8s.io/tree/main/registry.k8s.io

This project abides by the Linux Foundation privacy policy, as documented at https://registry.k8s.io/privacy

Previously all of Kubernetes' image hosting has been out of gcr.io ("Google Container Registry").

We've incurred significant egress traffic costs from users on other cloud providers in particular in doing so, severely limiting our ability to use the infra budget for purposes other than hosting end-user downloads.

We're now moving to shift all traffic behind a community controlled domain, so we can quickly implement cost-cutting measures like serving the bulk of the traffic for AWS-users from AWS-local storage funded by Amazon, or potentially leveraging other providers in the future.

For additional context on why we did this and what we're changing about kubernetes images see https://github.com/kubernetes/k8s.io/wiki/New-Registry-url-for-Kubernetes-(registry.k8s.io)

Essentially, this repo implements the backend sources for the steps outlined there.

Learn how to engage with the Kubernetes community on the community page.

You can reach the maintainers of this project at:

• Slack in channel #sig-k8s-infra
• Mailing List

Participation in the Kubernetes community is governed by the Kubernetes Code of Conduct.