Artifact Registry

Definitions

1. A storage service for build outputs -- container images, npm packages, Maven artifacts, Python wheels, Helm charts. Private registries (Artifactory, GitHub Packages, AWS ECR, Google Artifact Registry) host internal packages alongside cached public dependencies. Provides versioning, access control, vulnerability scanning, and immutable storage.

   In plain English: A private store for your built software -- container images, packages, and libraries -- with access control and version management.

   Example: "Push the Docker image to our private artifact registry after CI passes -- Kubernetes pulls from the registry during deployment."

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• IaaS
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• PaaS