The New Stack has written about container registries in the past and will do so again. As vendors pitch their stories to us, we have been asking ourselves, is this a unique category, or just a functionality within a larger product?
This question came into focus while reviewing Codenvy’s updated container ecosystem map, which included a section called “Artifact and Image Registry.” That could be a very large space, depending on how it is defined. For example, Codenvy includes Twistlock in this category, although its primary function is to scan an image registry rather than store it. Furthermore, while repository manager Artifactory is included in Codenvy’s category, Sonatype is not, although it too can be integrated into a continuous delivery pipeline.
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