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Show HN: Container registry on a budget using AWS S3

23 points by mborch 5y ago

everlastx1 5y ago
fyi: https://container-registry.com/ https://container-registry.com/ is offering free private repos for individuals and small teams.
xrd 5y ago
I run multiple registries using dokku. It's very easy and you can host whatever else you want on dokku. dokku apps:create registry dokku git:from-image registry dokku proxy:ports-remove http:5000:5000 dokku proxy:ports-add http:80:5000 dokku nginx:set client-max-body-size 1000m dokku ps:restart dokku proxy:report I made mine be public on one host and private with http htpasswd access. This requires changing the nginx file. But it works great.
laurencerowe 5y ago
If using AWS why not just use ECR? https://aws.amazon.com/ecr/ https://aws.amazon.com/ecr/
- biohax2015 5y ago
  Which uses S3 on the backend anyway..
- mborch 5y ago
  While ECR costs a lot less than DigitalOcean's container registry service, they still charge 5x more over AWS S3. I suppose if you need encryption? Seems like they provide some value-add that some users might need. This project was mostly just a they said it couldn't be done kind of thing.
charcircuit 5y ago
>using S3 He doesn't use AWS S3, but instead digital ocean spaces.
nhoughto 5y ago
What registry features do you lose doing it this way? a normal registry isn't just serving dumb files is it? It is essentially an API that can find images by tags, sha256 etc against a backend. It manages lifecycling of things as they are replaced etc. I imagine you could live without or substitute some of these features but are there any showstoppers?
- brundolf 5y ago
  You could probably bridge most or all of these with lambdas/workers
- jon_adler 5y ago
  Perhaps container vulnerability scanning? That’s probably a showstopper for most large customers.
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boxingrock 5y ago
running a kubernetes cluster is what bloggers call "technology minimalism" these days? joking aside, i've been trying to find some time to mess around with nerdctl's ipfs functionality, seems like it may be a better fit for smaller teams and the self-hosters out there.
ei8ths 5y ago
i just run mine on my raspberry pi, use ddns and allow specific servers to access it...thats a budget.
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jiux 5y ago
My poor-man’s container registry: Linux box + SSH + makefile
- jck 5y ago
  It sounds like you're just describing a build server and it's filesystem.

23 points by mborch 5y ago

fyi: https://container-registry.com/ https://container-registry.com/ is offering free private repos for individuals and small teams.

xrd 5y ago

I run multiple registries using dokku. It's very easy and you can host whatever else you want on dokku. dokku apps:create registry dokku git:from-image registry dokku proxy:ports-remove http:5000:5000 dokku proxy:ports-add http:80:5000 dokku nginx:set client-max-body-size 1000m dokku ps:restart dokku proxy:report I made mine be public on one host and private with http htpasswd access. This requires changing the nginx file. But it works great.

laurencerowe 5y ago

If using AWS why not just use ECR? https://aws.amazon.com/ecr/ https://aws.amazon.com/ecr/

biohax2015 5y ago
Which uses S3 on the backend anyway..
mborch 5y ago
While ECR costs a lot less than DigitalOcean's container registry service, they still charge 5x more over AWS S3. I suppose if you need encryption? Seems like they provide some value-add that some users might need. This project was mostly just a they said it couldn't be done kind of thing.

charcircuit 5y ago

>using S3 He doesn't use AWS S3, but instead digital ocean spaces.

nhoughto 5y ago

What registry features do you lose doing it this way? a normal registry isn't just serving dumb files is it? It is essentially an API that can find images by tags, sha256 etc against a backend. It manages lifecycling of things as they are replaced etc. I imagine you could live without or substitute some of these features but are there any showstoppers?

brundolf 5y ago
You could probably bridge most or all of these with lambdas/workers
jon_adler 5y ago
Perhaps container vulnerability scanning? That’s probably a showstopper for most large customers.

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boxingrock 5y ago

running a kubernetes cluster is what bloggers call "technology minimalism" these days? joking aside, i've been trying to find some time to mess around with nerdctl's ipfs functionality, seems like it may be a better fit for smaller teams and the self-hosters out there.

ei8ths 5y ago

i just run mine on my raspberry pi, use ddns and allow specific servers to access it...thats a budget.

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jiux 5y ago

My poor-man’s container registry: Linux box + SSH + makefile

jck 5y ago
It sounds like you're just describing a build server and it's filesystem.