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JFrog & Kubernetes Docker Registry

JFrog Artifactory is a Kubernetes Docker Registry provisioning your k8s cluster with the charts and images needed to orchestrate your application.

Kubernetes Docker Registry and Artifactory

Secure and private provisioning

Kubernetes Docker registry

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ARTIFACTORY

Kubernetes registry

Universal repository

Unlimited Docker Hub access

Secure and private provisioning

Artifactory is a secure private Kubernetes Docker Registry that hosts local Docker images. These give you fine-grained access control as you securely share packages and images across your organization for provisioning to your k8s cluster. And to keep you independent of the network and remote resources, Artifactory uses remote repositories to proxy public Docker resources, caching Docker images that are downloaded so they are available on the local network. Finally, virtual Docker registries aggregate local and remote repositories giving you a single URL through which you can manage all your Docker images.

Kubernetes Docker registry

Use Artifactory as your main Kubernetes Docker registry to gain insight and full control on your code-to-cluster process while relating to each layer for each application. You get to collect and manage the artifacts for your containerized app, trace the content, dependencies and relationships with other Docker images which cannot be done using a simple Docker registry.

Universal repository

Deploy Artifactory to your k8s cluster to serve as a universal repository manager for all your CI/CD needs wherever they are running in your organization. As a universal repository, Artifactory manages all dependencies for your Docker build whether they are Docker images or packages in any other format.

Unlimited Docker Hub access

Artifactory provides you with unlimited, high-performant access to Docker Hub and to Docker Official Images to simplify cloud-native application development, without Docker Hub image-pull limits. * Available to SaaS cloud JFrog Platform subscribers, including free subscription offered on AWS, GCP & Azure.
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How Does JFrog Artifactory serve as my Kubernetes-ready registry?

Kubernetes itself doesn’t manage images for you. You need a Docker registry integrated with your Kubernetes environment to do that.

Docker registries serve as repositories for container images. They make it easy to manage different versions of images for the same container. Advanced registries also provide functionality that scans images for security vulnerabilities. Most registries also provide access control features so that you can place restrictions on who can view and deploy images.

In the remaining FAQs, we explain how to integrate Kubernetes with a Docker registry, using JFrog Artifactory as an example.

How can I integrate Kubernetes with a Docker registry using JFrog Artifactory?

Kubernetes itself has no native Docker registry functionality. However, some Kubernetes distributions or services automatically integrate with specific Docker registries. For example, Red Hat OpenShift comes with a default registry. Some cloud-based Kubernetes services integrate natively with container registries hosted in the same clouds.

Most Kubernetes installations don’t offer registry support out-of-the-box. And even if your Kubernetes environment does feature a native registry integration, you may prefer to use an alternative registry (which is almost always possible).

What are the benefits of Artifactory as a Docker registry?

By choosing a Docker registry option like Artifactory to host container images for your Kubernetes environment, you’ll benefit from several features unavailable in many other Docker registries, including security, local hosting, Docker Hub integration, and flexible artifact hosting.

How can I use Artifactory as a Docker registry for Kubernetes?

The remaining FAQs are examples of how to get started and what you can do when integrating Artifactory with Kubernetes.

Setting up Artifactory on Kubernetes

If you want to run Artifactory within your Kubernetes cluster, you can do so easily using the Artifactory Helm chart.
Search for and install the chart in your Kubernetes Web console to deploy it. Alternatively, install from the command line with:
helm repo add jfrog https://charts.jfrog.io

helm repo update

helm upgrade --install artifactory --namespace artifactory jfrog/artifactory

Note: The default settings are not for Production use.

Pulling a Docker image into Kubernetes from Artifactory

To pull a Docker image into Kubernetes from Artifactory, you need to:

  1. Define a Kubernetes registry secret
  2. Use this secret in your YAML
Running a CI/CD pipeline on Kubernetes with Artifactory

To automate the deployment of Docker images on Kubernetes when using Artifactory as a Docker registry, you can set up a complete CI/CD pipeline. The resources below outline this process:

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