Core features and use cases

STACKIT Container Registry is a secure, cloud-native solution that enables you to store, manage and deploy container images efficiently within the STACKIT Cloud ecosystem. It provides teams with a scalable and collaborative platform for managing the entire lifecycle of container images — from creation and tagging to deployment and access control.

Core features

STACKIT Container Registry offers a comprehensive set of features designed to simplify container image management and enhance security across your cloud-native workflows.

Image Management: Centrally store and manage your container images with support for multiple architectures and operating systems. Organize your images in repositories and use tags to track different versions efficiently.

Vulnerability Scanning: Automatically scan container images for known vulnerabilities. Receive alerts and notifications when new vulnerabilities are detected to ensure your images remain compliant and secure.

Replication: Replicate images across multiple registries for redundancy, high availability and disaster recovery. This ensures uninterrupted operations and improved access speeds across regions.

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC): Manage user access and permissions at both project and repository levels. Assign roles like project administrator, developer or viewer to control who can push, pull or manage images.

Integration with STACKIT Identity Provider (IDP): Leverage STACKIT’s single sign-on for seamless and secure user management. New users are automatically created upon first login and removed when they no longer have access to STACKIT.

Scalability and Performance: The registry is designed for scalability — supporting large volumes of images and high-frequency operations without performance degradation.

Security and Compliance: All image transfers are encrypted. Integration with vulnerability scanning tools and compliance reporting helps maintain secure CI/CD pipelines.

Collaboration and Resource Management: Use projects to logically group repositories and invite team members to collaborate. Projects also support quota and access control configuration for better resource governance.

Use cases

STACKIT Container Registry is ideal for organizations adopting container-based development and deployment workflows. Common use cases include:

Centralized Image Management:
Consolidate all your container images in a single, secure and easily accessible location — ensuring consistency across development, testing and production environments.

Secure Software Supply Chain:
Integrate vulnerability scanning into your CI/CD pipelines to maintain compliance and mitigate security risks before deployment.

Team Collaboration Across Projects:
Create multiple projects and invite teammates to collaborate with fine-grained role management, ensuring each user has the appropriate level of access.

Disaster Recovery and High Availability:
Use image replication across regions to prevent downtime and ensure fast image delivery to distributed environments.

Automated Deployment Pipelines:
Integrate STACKIT Container Registry with CI/CD systems (like Jenkins, GitLab CI or GitHub Actions) to automate image builds, scans and deployments.

Scalable DevOps Environments:
Support large development teams and enterprise-scale workloads with STACKIT’s scalable and secure infrastructure.