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Since Google is pushing more on Artifact Registry and already announced that Container Registry is not actively developed anymore, is there a replacement for the public Google Container images, that are currently offered at https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/google-containers/GLOBAL ?

Robin Trietsch
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    I did find this one, but those are examples: https://console.cloud.google.com/artifacts/docker/google-samples/us/containers – Robin Trietsch Dec 14 '21 at 10:58

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Artifact Registry is the evolution of Google Container Registry which basically extends the capabilities of Container Registry. It comes with certain added features over Container Registry like additional Artifact formats, support for both regional and multiregional registry host, support for repository-level permissions, Artifact Registry IAM roles, Google Kubernetes Engine image streaming etc.

However, there is also an option for backwards compatibility and co-existence i.e., you can use both Artifact Registry and Container Registry in the same project. You can explore more on this from the documentation.

Though, Container Registry is still available and supported as a Google Enterprise API, new features will only be available in Artifact Registry and is highly recommended. Container Registry will only receive critical security fixes. You may also refer to a similar Stackoverflow case.

However, there are other alternatives to Google Container Registry for users who want to try different solutions.

Mousumi Roy
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  • This does not really answer the question. The question is whether Google themselves will migrate their public container images to Artifact registry. I already know what Artifact Registry is, which your answer explains. – Robin Trietsch Dec 27 '21 at 07:26
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    I don't think Google support this, I can't find any public issue tracker regarding same. – Mousumi Roy Dec 28 '21 at 05:23
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For anyone still looking for answer to this one, Google has official documentation on how to do this via IAM policies

https://cloud.google.com/artifact-registry/docs/access-control#public

Saghen
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    This does not answer the question. My question was regarding the public images that Google maintains, whether there's a replacement for those on Google Artifact Registry, instead of on Google Container Registry. – Robin Trietsch Oct 10 '22 at 08:15