ECR

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Definition

Elastic Container Registry - AWS service for storing and managing Docker container images. Like having a secure warehouse for your containerized applications.

Real-World Example

Development teams use ECR to store different versions of their application containers and deploy them to production.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

All are managed container registries for storing, versioning, scanning, and securely distributing container images. They integrate with their cloud’s IAM, networking, and Kubernetes services (EKS/AKS/GKE/OKE).

AWS
Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR)
AZ
Azure Container Registry (ACR)
GCP
Artifact Registry (Docker repositories) (formerly Container Registry/GCR)
OCI
OCI Container Registry (OCIR)

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