Container Registry is deprecated and scheduled for shutdown. Effective May 15, 2024, Artifact Registry hosts images for the gcr.io domain in projects without previous Container Registry usage. After March 18, 2025, Container Registry will be shut down.

To get started with managing containers on Google Cloud, use Artifact Registry. If you use Container Registry, learn how to transition to Artifact Registry to manage your containers on Google Cloud.

For more information on the deprecation and shutdown, see the deprecations page and release notes.

Concepts

Overview of Container Registry

Learn about registry services on Google Cloud.
Container image formats

Explains Docker's image formats and their use in Container Registry.
Managed base images

Provides an overview of managed base images, base container images that are automatically patched by Google for security vulnerabilities.

Concepts

Overview of Container Registry

Container image formats

Managed base images