Chapter 3. Configuration fields


This section describes the both required and optional configuration fields when deploying Red Hat Quay.

3.1. Required configuration fields

The fields required to configure Red Hat Quay are covered in the following sections:

3.2. Automation options

The following sections describe the available automation options for Red Hat Quay deployments:

3.3. Optional configuration fields

Optional fields for Red Hat Quay can be found in the following sections:

3.4. General required fields

The following table describes the required configuration fields for a Red Hat Quay deployment:

Table 3.1. General required fields
FieldTypeDescription

AUTHENTICATION_TYPE
(Required)

String

The authentication engine to use for credential authentication.

Values:
One of Database, LDAP, JWT, Keystone, OIDC

Default: Database

PREFERRED_URL_SCHEME
(Required)

String

The URL scheme to use when accessing Red Hat Quay.

Values:
One of http, https

Default: http

SERVER_HOSTNAME
(Required)

String

The URL at which Red Hat Quay is accessible, without the scheme.

Example:
quay-server.example.com

DATABASE_SECRET_KEY
(Required)

String

Key used to encrypt sensitive fields within the database. This value should never be changed once set, otherwise all reliant fields, for example, repository mirror username and password configurations, are invalidated.
This value is set automatically by the Red Hat Quay Operator for Operator-based deployments. For standalone deployments, administrators can provide their own key using Open SSL or a similar tool. Key length should not exceed 63 characters.

SECRET_KEY
(Required)

String

Key used to encrypt the session cookie and the CSRF token needed for correct interpretation of the user session. The value should not be changed when set. Should be persistent across all Red Hat Quay instances. If not persistent across all instances, login failures and other errors related to session persistence might occur.

SETUP_COMPLETE
(Required)

Boolean

This is an artifact left over from earlier versions of the software and currently it must be specified with a value of true.

3.5. Database configuration

This section describes the database configuration fields available for Red Hat Quay deployments.

3.5.1. Database URI

With Red Hat Quay, connection to the database is configured by using the required DB_URI field.

The following table describes the DB_URI configuration field:

Table 3.2. Database URI
FieldTypeDescription

DB_URI
(Required)

String

The URI for accessing the database, including any credentials.

Example DB_URI field:

postgresql://quayuser:quaypass@quay-server.example.com:5432/quay

3.5.2. Database connection arguments

Optional connection arguments are configured by the DB_CONNECTION_ARGS parameter. Some of the key-value pairs defined under DB_CONNECTION_ARGS are generic, while others are database specific.

The following table describes database connection arguments:

Table 3.3. Database connection arguments
FieldTypeDescription

DB_CONNECTION_ARGS

Object

Optional connection arguments for the database, such as timeouts and SSL/TLS.

.autorollback

Boolean

Whether to use thread-local connections.
Should always be true

.threadlocals

Boolean

Whether to use auto-rollback connections.
Should always be true

3.5.2.1. PostgreSQL SSL/TLS connection arguments

With SSL/TLS, configuration depends on the database you are deploying. The following example shows a PostgreSQL SSL/TLS configuration:

DB_CONNECTION_ARGS:
  sslmode: verify-ca
  sslrootcert: /path/to/cacert

The sslmode option determines whether, or with, what priority a secure SSL/TLS TCP/IP connection will be negotiated with the server. There are six modes:

Table 3.4. SSL/TLS options
ModeDescription

disable

Your configuration only tries non-SSL/TLS connections.

allow

Your configuration first tries a non-SSL/TLS connection. Upon failure, tries an SSL/TLS connection.

prefer
(Default)

Your configuration first tries an SSL/TLS connection. Upon failure, tries a non-SSL/TLS connection.

require

Your configuration only tries an SSL/TLS connection. If a root CA file is present, it verifies the certificate in the same way as if verify-ca was specified.

verify-ca

Your configuration only tries an SSL/TLS connection, and verifies that the server certificate is issued by a trusted certificate authority (CA).

verify-full

Only tries an SSL/TLS connection, and verifies that the server certificate is issued by a trusted CA and that the requested server hostname matches that in the certificate.

For more information on the valid arguments for PostgreSQL, see Database Connection Control Functions.

3.5.2.2. MySQL SSL/TLS connection arguments

The following example shows a sample MySQL SSL/TLS configuration:

DB_CONNECTION_ARGS:
  ssl:
    ca: /path/to/cacert

Information on the valid connection arguments for MySQL is available at Connecting to the Server Using URI-Like Strings or Key-Value Pairs.

3.6. Image storage

This section details the image storage features and configuration fields that are available with Red Hat Quay.

3.6.1. Image storage features

The following table describes the image storage features for Red Hat Quay:

Table 3.5. Storage config features
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_REPO_MIRROR

Boolean

If set to true, enables repository mirroring.

Default: false

FEATURE_PROXY_STORAGE

Boolean

Whether to proxy all direct download URLs in storage through NGINX.

Default: false

FEATURE_STORAGE_REPLICATION

Boolean

Whether to automatically replicate between storage engines.

Default: false

3.6.2. Image storage configuration fields

The following table describes the image storage configuration fields for Red Hat Quay:

Table 3.6. Storage config fields
FieldTypeDescription

DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_CONFIG
(Required)

Object

Configuration for storage engine(s) to use in Red Hat Quay. Each key represents an unique identifier for a storage engine. The value consists of a tuple of (key, value) forming an object describing the storage engine parameters.

Default: []

DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_DEFAULT_LOCATIONS
(Required)

Array of string

The list of storage engine(s) (by ID in DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_CONFIG) whose images should be fully replicated, by default, to all other storage engines.

DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_PREFERENCE
(Required)

Array of string

The preferred storage engine(s) (by ID in DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_CONFIG) to use. A preferred engine means it is first checked for pulling and images are pushed to it.

Default: false

MAXIMUM_LAYER_SIZE

String

Maximum allowed size of an image layer.

Pattern: ^[0-9]+(G|M)$

Example: 100G

Default: 20G

3.6.3. Local storage

The following YAML shows a sample configuration using local storage:

DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_CONFIG:
  default:
    - LocalStorage
    - storage_path: /datastorage/registry
DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_DEFAULT_LOCATIONS: []
DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_PREFERENCE:
    - default

3.6.4. OpenShift Container Storage/NooBaa

The following YAML shows a sample configuration using an OpenShift Container Storage/NooBaa instance:

DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_CONFIG:
  rhocsStorage:
    - RHOCSStorage
    - access_key: access_key_here
      secret_key: secret_key_here
      bucket_name: quay-datastore-9b2108a3-29f5-43f2-a9d5-2872174f9a56
      hostname: s3.openshift-storage.svc.cluster.local
      is_secure: 'true'
      port: '443'
      storage_path: /datastorage/registry
      maximum_chunk_size_mb: 100 1
      server_side_assembly: true 2
1
Defines the maximum chunk size, in MB, for the final copy. Has no effect if server_side_assembly is set to false.
2
Optional. Whether Red Hat Quay should try and use server side assembly and the final chunked copy instead of client assembly. Defaults to true.

3.6.5. Ceph Object Gateway/RadosGW storage

The following YAML shows a sample configuration using Ceph/RadosGW.

Note

RadosGW is an on-premises S3-compatible storage solution. Note that this differs from general AWS S3Storage, which is specifically designed for use with Amazon Web Services S3. This means that RadosGW implements the S3 API and requires credentials like access_key, secret_key, and bucket_name. For more information about Ceph Object Gateway and the S3 API, see Ceph Object Gateway and the S3 API.

RadosGW with general s3 access

DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_CONFIG:
  radosGWStorage: 1
    - RadosGWStorage
    - access_key: <access_key_here>
      bucket_name: <bucket_name_here>
      hostname: <hostname_here>
      is_secure: true
      port: '443'
      secret_key: <secret_key_here>
      storage_path: /datastorage/registry
      maximum_chunk_size_mb: 100 2
      server_side_assembly: true 3

1
Used for general s3 access. Note that general s3 access is not strictly limited to Amazon Web Services (AWS) s3, and can be used with RadosGW or other storage services. For an example of general s3 access using the AWS S3 driver, see "AWS S3 storage".
2
Optional. Defines the maximum chunk size in MB for the final copy. Has no effect if server_side_assembly is set to false.
3
Optional. Whether Red Hat Quay should try and use server side assembly and the final chunked copy instead of client assembly. Defaults to true.

3.6.6. AWS S3 storage

The following YAML shows a sample configuration using AWS S3 storage.

# ...
DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_CONFIG:
  default:
    - S3Storage 1
    - host: s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com
      s3_access_key: ABCDEFGHIJKLMN
      s3_secret_key: OL3ABCDEFGHIJKLMN
      s3_bucket: quay_bucket
      s3_region: <region> 2
      storage_path: /datastorage/registry
DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_DEFAULT_LOCATIONS: []
DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_PREFERENCE:
    - default
# ...
1
The S3Storage storage driver should only be used for AWS S3 buckets. Note that this differs from general S3 access, where the RadosGW driver or other storage services can be used. For an example, see "Example B: Using RadosGW with general S3 access".
2
Optional. The Amazon Web Services region. Defaults to us-east-1.

3.6.6.1. AWS STS S3 storage

The following YAML shows an example configuration for using Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security Token Service (STS) with Red Hat Quay on OpenShift Container Platform configurations.

# ...
DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_CONFIG:
   default:
    - STSS3Storage
    - sts_role_arn: <role_arn> 1
      s3_bucket: <s3_bucket_name>
      storage_path: <storage_path>
      sts_user_access_key: <s3_user_access_key> 2
      sts_user_secret_key: <s3_user_secret_key> 3
      s3_region: <region> 4
DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_DEFAULT_LOCATIONS: []
DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_PREFERENCE:
    - default
# ...
1
The unique Amazon Resource Name (ARN).
2
The generated AWS S3 user access key.
3
The generated AWS S3 user secret key.
4
Optional. The Amazon Web Services region. Defaults to us-east-1.

3.6.7. Google Cloud Storage

The following YAML shows a sample configuration using Google Cloud Storage:

DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_CONFIG:
    googleCloudStorage:
        - GoogleCloudStorage
        - access_key: GOOGQIMFB3ABCDEFGHIJKLMN
          bucket_name: quay-bucket
          secret_key: FhDAYe2HeuAKfvZCAGyOioNaaRABCDEFGHIJKLMN
          storage_path: /datastorage/registry
          boto_timeout: 120 1
DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_DEFAULT_LOCATIONS: []
DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_PREFERENCE:
    - googleCloudStorage
1
Optional. The time, in seconds, until a timeout exception is thrown when attempting to read from a connection. The default is 60 seconds. Also encompasses the time, in seconds, until a timeout exception is thrown when attempting to make a connection. The default is 60 seconds.

3.6.8. Azure Storage

The following YAML shows a sample configuration using Azure Storage:

DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_CONFIG:
  azureStorage:
    - AzureStorage
    - azure_account_name: azure_account_name_here
      azure_container: azure_container_here
      storage_path: /datastorage/registry
      azure_account_key: azure_account_key_here
      sas_token: some/path/
      endpoint_url: https://[account-name].blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net 1
DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_DEFAULT_LOCATIONS: []
DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_PREFERENCE:
    - azureStorage
1
The endpoint_url parameter for Azure storage is optional and can be used with Microsoft Azure Government (MAG) endpoints. If left blank, the endpoint_url will connect to the normal Azure region.

As of Red Hat Quay 3.7, you must use the Primary endpoint of your MAG Blob service. Using the Secondary endpoint of your MAG Blob service will result in the following error: AuthenticationErrorDetail:Cannot find the claimed account when trying to GetProperties for the account whusc8-secondary.

3.6.9. Swift storage

The following YAML shows a sample configuration using Swift storage:

DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_CONFIG:
  swiftStorage:
    - SwiftStorage
    - swift_user: swift_user_here
      swift_password: swift_password_here
      swift_container: swift_container_here
      auth_url: https://example.org/swift/v1/quay
      auth_version: 3
      os_options:
        tenant_id: <osp_tenant_id_here>
        user_domain_name: <osp_domain_name_here>
      ca_cert_path: /conf/stack/swift.cert"
      storage_path: /datastorage/registry
DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_DEFAULT_LOCATIONS: []
DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_PREFERENCE:
    - swiftStorage

3.6.10. Nutanix object storage

The following YAML shows a sample configuration using Nutanix object storage.

DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_CONFIG:
  nutanixStorage: #storage config name
    - RadosGWStorage #actual driver
    - access_key: access_key_here #parameters
      secret_key: secret_key_here
      bucket_name: bucket_name_here
      hostname: hostname_here
      is_secure: 'true'
      port: '443'
      storage_path: /datastorage/registry
DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_DEFAULT_LOCATIONS: []
DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_PREFERENCE: #must contain name of the storage config
    - nutanixStorage

3.6.11. IBM Cloud object storage

The following YAML shows a sample configuration using IBM Cloud object storage.

DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_CONFIG:
  default:
  - IBMCloudStorage #actual driver
  - access_key: <access_key_here> #parameters
    secret_key: <secret_key_here>
    bucket_name: <bucket_name_here>
    hostname: <hostname_here>
    is_secure: 'true'
    port: '443'
    storage_path: /datastorage/registry
    maximum_chunk_size_mb: 100mb 1
DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_DEFAULT_LOCATIONS:
- default
DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_PREFERENCE:
- default
1
Optional. Recommended to be set to 100mb.

3.6.12. NetApp ONTAP S3 object storage

The following YAML shows a sample configuration using NetApp ONTAP S3.

DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_CONFIG:
  local_us:
  - RadosGWStorage
  - access_key: <access_key>
    bucket_name: <bucket_name>
    hostname: <host_url_address>
    is_secure: true
    port: <port>
    secret_key: <secret_key>
    storage_path: /datastorage/registry
    signature_version: v4
DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_DEFAULT_LOCATIONS:
- local_us
DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_PREFERENCE:
- local_us

3.6.13. Hitachi Content Platform object storage

The following YAML shows a sample configuration using HCP for object storage.

Example HCP storage configuration

DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_CONFIG:
  hcp_us:
  - RadosGWStorage
  - access_key: <access_key>
    bucket_name: <bucket_name>
    hostname: <hitachi_hostname_example>
    is_secure: true
    secret_key: <secret_key>
    storage_path: /datastorage/registry
    signature_version: v4
DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_DEFAULT_LOCATIONS:
- hcp_us
DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_PREFERENCE:
- hcp_us

3.7. Redis configuration fields

This section details the configuration fields available for Redis deployments.

3.7.1. Build logs

The following build logs configuration fields are available for Redis deployments:

Table 3.7. Build logs configuration
FieldTypeDescription

BUILDLOGS_REDIS
(Required)

Object

Redis connection details for build logs caching.

.host
(Required)

String

The hostname at which Redis is accessible.
Example:
quay-server.example.com

.port
(Required)

Number

The port at which Redis is accessible.
Example:
6379

.password

String

The password to connect to the Redis instance.
Example:
strongpassword

.ssl
(Optional)

Boolean

Whether to enable TLS communication between Redis and Quay. Defaults to false.

3.7.2. User events

The following user event fields are available for Redis deployments:

Table 3.8. User events config
FieldTypeDescription

USER_EVENTS_REDIS
(Required)

Object

Redis connection details for user event handling.

.host
(Required)

String

The hostname at which Redis is accessible.
Example:
quay-server.example.com

.port
(Required)

Number

The port at which Redis is accessible.
Example:
6379

.password

String

The password to connect to the Redis instance.
Example:
strongpassword

.ssl

Boolean

Whether to enable TLS communication between Redis and Quay. Defaults to false.

.ssl_keyfile
(Optional)

String

The name of the key database file, which houses the client certificate to be used.
Example:
ssl_keyfile: /path/to/server/privatekey.pem

.ssl_certfile
(Optional)

String

Used for specifying the file path of the SSL certificate.
Example:
ssl_certfile: /path/to/server/certificate.pem

.ssl_cert_reqs
(Optional)

String

Used to specify the level of certificate validation to be performed during the SSL/TLS handshake.
Example:
ssl_cert_reqs: CERT_REQUIRED

.ssl_ca_certs
(Optional)

String

Used to specify the path to a file containing a list of trusted Certificate Authority (CA) certificates.
Example:
ssl_ca_certs: /path/to/ca_certs.pem

.ssl_ca_data
(Optional)

String

Used to specify a string containing the trusted CA certificates in PEM format.
Example:
ssl_ca_data: <certificate>

.ssl_check_hostname
(Optional)

Boolean

Used when setting up an SSL/TLS connection to a server. It specifies whether the client should check that the hostname in the server’s SSL/TLS certificate matches the hostname of the server it is connecting to.
Example:
ssl_check_hostname: true

3.7.3. Example Redis configuration

The following YAML shows a sample configuration using Redis with optional SSL/TLS fields:

BUILDLOGS_REDIS:
  host: quay-server.example.com
  password: strongpassword
  port: 6379
  ssl: true


USER_EVENTS_REDIS:
  host: quay-server.example.com
  password: strongpassword
  port: 6379
  ssl: true
  ssl_*: <path_location_or_certificate>
Note

If your deployment uses Azure Cache for Redis and ssl is set to true, the port defaults to 6380.

3.8. ModelCache configuration options

The following options are available on Red Hat Quay for configuring ModelCache.

3.8.1. Memcache configuration option

Memcache is the default ModelCache configuration option. With Memcache, no additional configuration is necessary.

3.8.2. Single Redis configuration option

The following configuration is for a single Redis instance with optional read-only replicas:

    DATA_MODEL_CACHE_CONFIG:
      engine: redis
      redis_config:
        primary:
            host: <host>
            port: <port>
            password: <password if ssl is true>
           ssl: <true | false >
        replica:
            host: <host>
            port: <port>
            password: <password if ssl is true>
           ssl: <true | false >

3.8.3. Clustered Redis configuration option

Use the following configuration for a clustered Redis instance:

    DATA_MODEL_CACHE_CONFIG:
      engine: rediscluster
      redis_config:
        startup_nodes:
          - host: <cluster-host>
            port: <port>
        password: <password if ssl: true>
        read_from_replicas: <true|false>
        skip_full_coverage_check: <true | false>
        ssl: <true | false >

3.9. Tag expiration configuration fields

The following tag expiration configuration fields are available with Red Hat Quay:

Table 3.9. Tag expiration configuration fields
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_GARBAGE_COLLECTION

Boolean

Whether garbage collection of repositories is enabled.

Default: True

TAG_EXPIRATION_OPTIONS
(Required)

Array of string

If enabled, the options that users can select for expiration of tags in their namespace.

Pattern:
^[0-9]+(y|w|m|d|h|s)$

DEFAULT_TAG_EXPIRATION
(Required)

String

The default, configurable tag expiration time for time machine.

Pattern:
^[0-9]+(w|m|d|h|s)$
Default: 2w

FEATURE_CHANGE_TAG_EXPIRATION

Boolean

Whether users and organizations are allowed to change the tag expiration for tags in their namespace.

Default: True

FEATURE_AUTO_PRUNE

Boolean

When set to True, enables functionality related to the auto-pruning of tags.
Default: False

NOTIFICATION_TASK_RUN_MINIMUM_INTERVAL_MINUTES

Integer

The interval, in minutes, that defines the frequency to re-run notifications for expiring images.

Default: 300

DEFAULT_NAMESPACE_AUTOPRUNE_POLICY

Object

The default organization-wide auto-prune policy.

    .method: number_of_tags

Object

The option specifying the number of tags to keep.

    .value: <integer>

Integer

When used with method: number_of_tags, denotes the number of tags to keep.

For example, to keep two tags, specify 2.

    .creation_date

Object

The option specifying the duration of which to keep tags.

    .value: <integer>

Integer

When used with creation_date, denotes how long to keep tags.

Can be set to seconds (s), days (d), months (m), weeks (w), or years (y). Must include a valid integer. For example, to keep tags for one year, specify 1y.

AUTO_PRUNING_DEFAULT_POLICY_POLL_PERIOD

Integer

The period in which the auto-pruner worker runs at the registry level. By default, it is set to run one time per day (one time per 24 hours). Value must be in seconds.

3.9.1. Example tag expiration configuration

The following YAML example shows you a sample tag expiration configuration.

# ...
DEFAULT_TAG_EXPIRATION: 2w
TAG_EXPIRATION_OPTIONS:
    - 0s
    - 1d
    - 1w
    - 2w
    - 4w
    - 3y
# ...

3.9.2. Registry-wide auto-prune policies examples

The following YAML examples show you registry-wide auto-pruning examples by both number of tags and creation date.

Example registry auto-prune policy by number of tags

# ...
DEFAULT_NAMESPACE_AUTOPRUNE_POLICY:
  method: number_of_tags
  value: 10 1
# ...

1
In this scenario, ten tags remain.

Example registry auto-prune policy by creation date

# ...
DEFAULT_NAMESPACE_AUTOPRUNE_POLICY:
  method: creation_date
  value: 1y
# ...

3.10. Quota management configuration fields

Table 3.10. Quota management configuration
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_QUOTA_MANAGEMENT

Boolean

Enables configuration, caching, and validation for quota management feature.

**Default:** `False`

DEFAULT_SYSTEM_REJECT_QUOTA_BYTES

String

Enables system default quota reject byte allowance for all organizations.

By default, no limit is set.

QUOTA_BACKFILL

Boolean

Enables the quota backfill worker to calculate the size of pre-existing blobs.

Default: True

QUOTA_TOTAL_DELAY_SECONDS

String

The time delay for starting the quota backfill. Rolling deployments can cause incorrect totals. This field must be set to a time longer than it takes for the rolling deployment to complete.

Default: 1800

PERMANENTLY_DELETE_TAGS

Boolean

Enables functionality related to the removal of tags from the time machine window.

Default: False

RESET_CHILD_MANIFEST_EXPIRATION

Boolean

Resets the expirations of temporary tags targeting the child manifests. With this feature set to True, child manifests are immediately garbage collected.

Default: False

3.10.1. Example quota management configuration

The following YAML is the suggested configuration when enabling quota management.

Quota management YAML configuration

FEATURE_QUOTA_MANAGEMENT: true
FEATURE_GARBAGE_COLLECTION: true
PERMANENTLY_DELETE_TAGS: true
QUOTA_TOTAL_DELAY_SECONDS: 1800
RESET_CHILD_MANIFEST_EXPIRATION: true

3.11. Proxy cache configuration fields

Table 3.11. Proxy configuration
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_PROXY_CACHE

Boolean

Enables Red Hat Quay to act as a pull through cache for upstream registries.

Default: false

3.12. Robot account configuration fields

Table 3.12. Robot account configuration fields
FieldTypeDescription

ROBOTS_DISALLOW

Boolean

When set to true, robot accounts are prevented from all interactions, as well as from being created
Default: False

3.13. Pre-configuring Red Hat Quay for automation

Red Hat Quay supports several configuration options that enable automation. Users can configure these options before deployment to reduce the need for interaction with the user interface.

3.13.1. Allowing the API to create the first user

To create the first user, users need to set the FEATURE_USER_INITIALIZE parameter to true and call the /api/v1/user/initialize API. Unlike all other registry API calls that require an OAuth token generated by an OAuth application in an existing organization, the API endpoint does not require authentication.

Users can use the API to create a user such as quayadmin after deploying Red Hat Quay, provided no other users have been created. For more information, see Using the API to create the first user.

3.13.2. Enabling general API access

Users should set the BROWSER_API_CALLS_XHR_ONLY configuration option to false to allow general access to the Red Hat Quay registry API.

3.13.3. Adding a superuser

After deploying Red Hat Quay, users can create a user and give the first user administrator privileges with full permissions. Users can configure full permissions in advance by using the SUPER_USER configuration object. For example:

# ...
SERVER_HOSTNAME: quay-server.example.com
SETUP_COMPLETE: true
SUPER_USERS:
  - quayadmin
# ...

3.13.4. Restricting user creation

After you have configured a superuser, you can restrict the ability to create new users to the superuser group by setting the FEATURE_USER_CREATION to false. For example:

# ...
FEATURE_USER_INITIALIZE: true
BROWSER_API_CALLS_XHR_ONLY: false
SUPER_USERS:
- quayadmin
FEATURE_USER_CREATION: false
# ...

3.13.5. Enabling new functionality in Red Hat Quay 3

To use new Red Hat Quay 3 functions, enable some or all of the following features:

# ...
FEATURE_UI_V2: true
FEATURE_UI_V2_REPO_SETTINGS: true
FEATURE_AUTO_PRUNE: true
ROBOTS_DISALLOW: false
# ...

3.13.6. Suggested configuration for automation

The following config.yaml parameters are suggested for automation:

# ...
FEATURE_USER_INITIALIZE: true
BROWSER_API_CALLS_XHR_ONLY: false
SUPER_USERS:
- quayadmin
FEATURE_USER_CREATION: false
# ...

3.13.7. Deploying the Red Hat Quay Operator using the initial configuration

Use the following procedure to deploy Red Hat Quay on OpenShift Container Platform using the initial configuration.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the oc CLI.

Procedure

  1. Create a secret using the configuration file:

    $ oc create secret generic -n quay-enterprise --from-file config.yaml=./config.yaml init-config-bundle-secret
  2. Create a quayregistry.yaml file. Identify the unmanaged components and reference the created secret, for example:

    apiVersion: quay.redhat.com/v1
    kind: QuayRegistry
    metadata:
      name: example-registry
      namespace: quay-enterprise
    spec:
      configBundleSecret: init-config-bundle-secret
  3. Deploy the Red Hat Quay registry:

    $ oc create -n quay-enterprise -f quayregistry.yaml

3.13.8. Using the API to create the first user

Use the following procedure to create the first user in your Red Hat Quay organization.

Prerequisites

  • The config option FEATURE_USER_INITIALIZE must be set to true.
  • No users can already exist in the database.
Procedure

This procedure requests an OAuth token by specifying "access_token": true.

  1. Open your Red Hat Quay configuration file and update the following configuration fields:

    FEATURE_USER_INITIALIZE: true
    SUPER_USERS:
         -  quayadmin
  2. Stop the Red Hat Quay service by entering the following command:

    $ sudo podman stop quay
  3. Start the Red Hat Quay service by entering the following command:

    $ sudo podman run -d -p 80:8080 -p 443:8443 --name=quay -v $QUAY/config:/conf/stack:Z  -v $QUAY/storage:/datastorage:Z {productrepo}/{quayimage}:{productminv}
  4. Run the following CURL command to generate a new user with a username, password, email, and access token:

    $ curl -X POST -k  http://quay-server.example.com/api/v1/user/initialize --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --data '{ "username": "quayadmin", "password":"quaypass12345", "email": "quayadmin@example.com", "access_token": true}'

    If successful, the command returns an object with the username, email, and encrypted password. For example:

    {"access_token":"6B4QTRSTSD1HMIG915VPX7BMEZBVB9GPNY2FC2ED", "email":"quayadmin@example.com","encrypted_password":"1nZMLH57RIE5UGdL/yYpDOHLqiNCgimb6W9kfF8MjZ1xrfDpRyRs9NUnUuNuAitW","username":"quayadmin"} # gitleaks:allow

    If a user already exists in the database, an error is returned:

    {"message":"Cannot initialize user in a non-empty database"}

    If your password is not at least eight characters or contains whitespace, an error is returned:

    {"message":"Failed to initialize user: Invalid password, password must be at least 8 characters and contain no whitespace."}
  5. Log in to your Red Hat Quay deployment by entering the following command:

    $ sudo podman login -u quayadmin -p quaypass12345 http://quay-server.example.com --tls-verify=false

    Example output

    Login Succeeded!

3.13.8.1. Using the OAuth token

After invoking the API, you can call out the rest of the Red Hat Quay API by specifying the returned OAuth code.

Prerequisites

  • You have invoked the /api/v1/user/initialize API, and passed in the username, password, and email address.

Procedure

  • Obtain the list of current users by entering the following command:

    $ curl -X GET -k -H "Authorization: Bearer 6B4QTRSTSD1HMIG915VPX7BMEZBVB9GPNY2FC2ED" https://example-registry-quay-quay-enterprise.apps.docs.quayteam.org/api/v1/superuser/users/

    Example output:

    {
        "users": [
            {
                "kind": "user",
                "name": "quayadmin",
                "username": "quayadmin",
                "email": "quayadmin@example.com",
                "verified": true,
                "avatar": {
                    "name": "quayadmin",
                    "hash": "3e82e9cbf62d25dec0ed1b4c66ca7c5d47ab9f1f271958298dea856fb26adc4c",
                    "color": "#e7ba52",
                    "kind": "user"
                },
                "super_user": true,
                "enabled": true
            }
        ]
    }

    In this instance, the details for the quayadmin user are returned as it is the only user that has been created so far.

3.13.8.2. Using the API to create an organization

The following procedure details how to use the API to create a Red Hat Quay organization.

Prerequisites

  • You have invoked the /api/v1/user/initialize API, and passed in the username, password, and email address.
  • You have called out the rest of the Red Hat Quay API by specifying the returned OAuth code.

Procedure

  1. To create an organization, use a POST call to api/v1/organization/ endpoint:

    $ curl -X POST -k --header 'Content-Type: application/json' -H "Authorization: Bearer 6B4QTRSTSD1HMIG915VPX7BMEZBVB9GPNY2FC2ED" https://example-registry-quay-quay-enterprise.apps.docs.quayteam.org/api/v1/organization/ --data '{"name": "testorg", "email": "testorg@example.com"}'

    Example output:

    "Created"
  2. You can retrieve the details of the organization you created by entering the following command:

    $ curl -X GET -k --header 'Content-Type: application/json' -H "Authorization: Bearer 6B4QTRSTSD1HMIG915VPX7BMEZBVB9GPNY2FC2ED" https://min-registry-quay-quay-enterprise.apps.docs.quayteam.org/api/v1/organization/testorg

    Example output:

    {
        "name": "testorg",
        "email": "testorg@example.com",
        "avatar": {
            "name": "testorg",
            "hash": "5f113632ad532fc78215c9258a4fb60606d1fa386c91b141116a1317bf9c53c8",
            "color": "#a55194",
            "kind": "user"
        },
        "is_admin": true,
        "is_member": true,
        "teams": {
            "owners": {
                "name": "owners",
                "description": "",
                "role": "admin",
                "avatar": {
                    "name": "owners",
                    "hash": "6f0e3a8c0eb46e8834b43b03374ece43a030621d92a7437beb48f871e90f8d90",
                    "color": "#c7c7c7",
                    "kind": "team"
                },
                "can_view": true,
                "repo_count": 0,
                "member_count": 1,
                "is_synced": false
            }
        },
        "ordered_teams": [
            "owners"
        ],
        "invoice_email": false,
        "invoice_email_address": null,
        "tag_expiration_s": 1209600,
        "is_free_account": true
    }

3.14. Basic configuration fields

Table 3.13. Basic configuration
FieldTypeDescription

REGISTRY_TITLE

String

If specified, the long-form title for the registry. Displayed in frontend of your Red Hat Quay deployment, for example, at the sign in page of your organization. Should not exceed 35 characters.
Default:
Red Hat Quay

REGISTRY_TITLE_SHORT

String

If specified, the short-form title for the registry. Title is displayed on various pages of your organization, for example, as the title of the tutorial on your organization’s Tutorial page.
Default:
Red Hat Quay

CONTACT_INFO

Array of String

If specified, contact information to display on the contact page. If only a single piece of contact information is specified, the contact footer will link directly.

[0]

String

Adds a link to send an e-mail.

Pattern:
^mailto:(.)+$
Example:
mailto:support@quay.io

[1]

String

Adds a link to visit an IRC chat room.

Pattern:
^irc://(.)+$
Example:
irc://chat.freenode.net:6665/quay

[2]

String

Adds a link to call a phone number.

Pattern:
^tel:(.)+$
Example:
tel:+1-888-930-3475

[3]

String

Adds a link to a defined URL.

Pattern:
^http(s)?://(.)+$
Example:
https://twitter.com/quayio

3.15. SSL configuration fields

Table 3.14. SSL configuration
FieldTypeDescription

PREFERRED_URL_SCHEME

String

One of http or https. Note that users only set their PREFERRED_URL_SCHEME to http when there is no TLS encryption in the communication path from the client to Quay.
Users must set their PREFERRED_URL_SCHEME`to `https when using a TLS-terminating load balancer, a reverse proxy (for example, Nginx), or when using Quay with custom SSL certificates directly. In most cases, the PREFERRED_URL_SCHEME should be https.
Default: http

SERVER_HOSTNAME
(Required)

String

The URL at which Red Hat Quay is accessible, without the scheme

Example:
quay-server.example.com

SSL_CIPHERS

Array of String

If specified, the nginx-defined list of SSL ciphers to enabled and disabled

Example:
[ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, DHE-DSS-AES128-GCM-SHA256, kEDH+AESGCM, ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256, ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256, ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA, ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA, ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384, ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384, ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA, DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256, DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA, DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA256, DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256, DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA, DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA, AES128-GCM-SHA256, AES256-GCM-SHA384, AES128-SHA256, AES256-SHA256, AES128-SHA, AES256-SHA, AES, !3DES", !aNULL, !eNULL, !EXPORT, DES, !RC4, MD5, !PSK, !aECDH, !EDH-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA, !EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA, !KRB5-DES-CBC3-SHA]

SSL_PROTOCOLS

Array of String

If specified, nginx is configured to enabled a list of SSL protocols defined in the list. Removing an SSL protocol from the list disables the protocol during Red Hat Quay startup.

Example:
['TLSv1','TLSv1.1','TLSv1.2', `TLSv1.3]`

SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE

Boolean

Whether the secure property should be set on session cookies

Default:
False

Recommendation:
Set to True for all installations using SSL

3.15.1. Configuring SSL

  1. Copy the certificate file and primary key file to your configuration directory, ensuring they are named ssl.cert and ssl.key respectively:

    $ cp ~/ssl.cert $QUAY/config
    $ cp ~/ssl.key $QUAY/config
    $ cd $QUAY/config
  2. Edit the config.yaml file and specify that you want Quay to handle TLS:

    config.yaml

    ...
    SERVER_HOSTNAME: quay-server.example.com
    ...
    PREFERRED_URL_SCHEME: https
    ...

  3. Stop the Quay container and restart the registry

3.16. Adding additional Certificate Authorities to the Red Hat Quay container

The extra_ca_certs directory is the directory where additional Certificate Authorities (CAs) can be stored to extend the set of trusted certificates. These certificates are used by Red Hat Quay to verify SSL/TLS connections with external services. When deploying Red Hat Quay, you can place the necessary CAs in this directory to ensure that connections to services like LDAP, OIDC, and storage systems are properly secured and validated.

For standalone Red Hat Quay deployments, you must create this directory and copy the additional CA certificates into that directory.

Prerequisites

  • You have a CA for the desired service.

Procedure

  1. View the certificate to be added to the container by entering the following command:

    $ cat storage.crt

    Example output

    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
    MIIDTTCCAjWgAwIBAgIJAMVr9ngjJhzbMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMD0xCzAJBgNV...
    -----END CERTIFICATE-----

  2. Create the extra_ca_certs in the /config folder of your Red Hat Quay directory by entering the following command:

    $ mkdir -p /path/to/quay_config_folder/extra_ca_certs
  3. Copy the CA file to the extra_ca_certs folder. For example:

    $ cp storage.crt /path/to/quay_config_folder/extra_ca_certs/
  4. Ensure that the storage.crt file exists within the extra_ca_certs folder by entering the following command:

    $ tree /path/to/quay_config_folder/extra_ca_certs

    Example output

    /path/to/quay_config_folder/extra_ca_certs
    ├── storage.crt----

  5. Obtain the CONTAINER ID of your Quay consider by entering the following command:

    $ podman ps

    Example output

    CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                                COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS
    5a3e82c4a75f        <registry>/<repo>/quay:{productminv} "/sbin/my_init"          24 hours ago        Up 18 hours         0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp, 0.0.0.0:443->443/tcp, 443/tcp   grave_keller

  6. Restart the container by entering the following command

    $ podman restart 5a3e82c4a75f
  7. Confirm that the certificate was copied into the container namespace by running the following command:

    $ podman exec -it 5a3e82c4a75f cat /etc/ssl/certs/storage.pem

    Example output

    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
    MIIDTTCCAjWgAwIBAgIJAMVr9ngjJhzbMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMD0xCzAJBgNV...
    -----END CERTIFICATE-----

3.17. LDAP configuration fields

Table 3.15. LDAP configuration
FieldTypeDescription

AUTHENTICATION_TYPE
(Required)

String

Must be set to LDAP.

FEATURE_TEAM_SYNCING

Boolean

Whether to allow for team membership to be synced from a backing group in the authentication engine (OIDC, LDAP, or Keystone).

Default: true

FEATURE_NONSUPERUSER_TEAM_SYNCING_SETUP

Boolean

If enabled, non-superusers can setup team syncrhonization.

Default: false

LDAP_ADMIN_DN

String

The admin DN for LDAP authentication.

LDAP_ADMIN_PASSWD

String

The admin password for LDAP authentication.

LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE_FALLBACK

Boolean

Whether or not to allow SSL insecure fallback for LDAP authentication.

LDAP_BASE_DN

Array of String

The base DN for LDAP authentication.

LDAP_EMAIL_ATTR

String

The email attribute for LDAP authentication.

LDAP_UID_ATTR

String

The uid attribute for LDAP authentication.

LDAP_URI

String

The LDAP URI.

LDAP_USER_FILTER

String

The user filter for LDAP authentication.

LDAP_USER_RDN

Array of String

The user RDN for LDAP authentication.

LDAP_SECONDARY_USER_RDNS

Array of String

Provide Secondary User Relative DNs if there are multiple Organizational Units where user objects are located.

TEAM_RESYNC_STALE_TIME

String

If team syncing is enabled for a team, how often to check its membership and resync if necessary.

Pattern:
^[0-9]+(w|m|d|h|s)$
Example:
2h
Default:
30m

LDAP_SUPERUSER_FILTER

String

Subset of the LDAP_USER_FILTER configuration field. When configured, allows Red Hat Quay administrators the ability to configure Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) users as superusers when Red Hat Quay uses LDAP as its authentication provider.

With this field, administrators can add or remove superusers without having to update the Red Hat Quay configuration file and restart their deployment.

This field requires that your AUTHENTICATION_TYPE is set to LDAP.

GLOBAL_READONLY_SUPER_USERS

String

When set, grants users of this list read access to all repositories, regardless of whether they are public repositories. Only works for those superusers defined with the LDAP_SUPERUSER_FILTER configuration field.

LDAP_RESTRICTED_USER_FILTER

String

Subset of the LDAP_USER_FILTER configuration field. When configured, allows Red Hat Quay administrators the ability to configure Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) users as restricted users when Red Hat Quay uses LDAP as its authentication provider.

This field requires that your AUTHENTICATION_TYPE is set to LDAP.

FEATURE_RESTRICTED_USERS

Boolean

When set to True with LDAP_RESTRICTED_USER_FILTER active, only the listed users in the defined LDAP group are restricted.

Default: False

LDAP_TIMEOUT

Integer

Specifies the time limit, in seconds, for LDAP operations. This limits the amount of time an LDAP search, bind, or other operation can take. Similar to the -l option in ldapsearch, it sets a client-side operation timeout.

Default: 10

LDAP_NETWORK_TIMEOUT

Integer

Specifies the time limit, in seconds, for establishing a connection to the LDAP server. This is the maximum time Red Hat Quay waits for a response during network operations, similar to the -o nettimeout option in ldapsearch.

Default: 10

3.17.1. LDAP configuration references

Use the following references to update your config.yaml file with the desired LDAP settings.

3.17.1.1. Basic LDAP configuration

Use the following reference for a basic LDAP configuration.

---
AUTHENTICATION_TYPE: LDAP 1
---
LDAP_ADMIN_DN: uid=<name>,ou=Users,o=<organization_id>,dc=<example_domain_component>,dc=com 2
LDAP_ADMIN_PASSWD: ABC123 3
LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE_FALLBACK: false 4
LDAP_BASE_DN: 5
  - dc=example
  - dc=com
LDAP_EMAIL_ATTR: mail 6
LDAP_UID_ATTR: uid 7
LDAP_URI: ldap://<example_url>.com 8
LDAP_USER_FILTER: (memberof=cn=developers,ou=Users,dc=<domain_name>,dc=com) 9
LDAP_USER_RDN: 10
  - ou=people
LDAP_SECONDARY_USER_RDNS: 11
    - ou=<example_organization_unit_one>
    - ou=<example_organization_unit_two>
    - ou=<example_organization_unit_three>
    - ou=<example_organization_unit_four>
1
Required. Must be set to LDAP.
2
Required. The admin DN for LDAP authentication.
3
Required. The admin password for LDAP authentication.
4
Required. Whether to allow SSL/TLS insecure fallback for LDAP authentication.
5
Required. The base DN for LDAP authentication.
6
Required. The email attribute for LDAP authentication.
7
Required. The UID attribute for LDAP authentication.
8
Required. The LDAP URI.
9
Required. The user filter for LDAP authentication.
10
Required. The user RDN for LDAP authentication.
11
Optional. Secondary User Relative DNs if there are multiple Organizational Units where user objects are located.

3.17.1.2. LDAP restricted user configuration

Use the following reference for an LDAP restricted user configuration.

# ...
AUTHENTICATION_TYPE: LDAP
# ...
FEATURE_RESTRICTED_USERS: true 1
# ...
LDAP_ADMIN_DN: uid=<name>,ou=Users,o=<organization_id>,dc=<example_domain_component>,dc=com
LDAP_ADMIN_PASSWD: ABC123
LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE_FALLBACK: false
LDAP_BASE_DN:
    - o=<organization_id>
    - dc=<example_domain_component>
    - dc=com
LDAP_EMAIL_ATTR: mail
LDAP_UID_ATTR: uid
LDAP_URI: ldap://<example_url>.com
LDAP_USER_FILTER: (memberof=cn=developers,ou=Users,o=<example_organization_unit>,dc=<example_domain_component>,dc=com)
LDAP_RESTRICTED_USER_FILTER: (<filterField>=<value>) 2
LDAP_USER_RDN:
    - ou=<example_organization_unit>
    - o=<organization_id>
    - dc=<example_domain_component>
    - dc=com
# ...
1
Must be set to true when configuring an LDAP restricted user.
2
Configures specified users as restricted users.

3.17.1.3. LDAP superuser configuration reference

Use the following reference for an LDAP superuser configuration.

# ...
AUTHENTICATION_TYPE: LDAP
# ...
LDAP_ADMIN_DN: uid=<name>,ou=Users,o=<organization_id>,dc=<example_domain_component>,dc=com
LDAP_ADMIN_PASSWD: ABC123
LDAP_ALLOW_INSECURE_FALLBACK: false
LDAP_BASE_DN:
    - o=<organization_id>
    - dc=<example_domain_component>
    - dc=com
LDAP_EMAIL_ATTR: mail
LDAP_UID_ATTR: uid
LDAP_URI: ldap://<example_url>.com
LDAP_USER_FILTER: (memberof=cn=developers,ou=Users,o=<example_organization_unit>,dc=<example_domain_component>,dc=com)
LDAP_SUPERUSER_FILTER: (<filterField>=<value>) 1
LDAP_USER_RDN:
    - ou=<example_organization_unit>
    - o=<organization_id>
    - dc=<example_domain_component>
    - dc=com
# ...
1
Configures specified users as superusers.

3.18. Mirroring configuration fields

Table 3.16. Mirroring configuration
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_REPO_MIRROR

Boolean

Enable or disable repository mirroring

Default: false

REPO_MIRROR_INTERVAL

Number

The number of seconds between checking for repository mirror candidates

Default: 30

REPO_MIRROR_SERVER_HOSTNAME

String

Replaces the SERVER_HOSTNAME as the destination for mirroring.

Default: None

Example:
openshift-quay-service

REPO_MIRROR_TLS_VERIFY

Boolean

Require HTTPS and verify certificates of Quay registry during mirror.

Default: true

REPO_MIRROR_ROLLBACK

Boolean

When set to true, the repository rolls back after a failed mirror attempt.

Default: false

3.19. Security scanner configuration fields

Table 3.17. Security scanner configuration
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_SECURITY_SCANNER

Boolean

Enable or disable the security scanner

Default: false

FEATURE_SECURITY_NOTIFICATIONS

Boolean

If the security scanner is enabled, turn on or turn off security notifications

Default: false

SECURITY_SCANNER_V4_REINDEX_THRESHOLD

String

This parameter is used to determine the minimum time, in seconds, to wait before re-indexing a manifest that has either previously failed or has changed states since the last indexing. The data is calculated from the last_indexed datetime in the manifestsecuritystatus table. This parameter is used to avoid trying to re-index every failed manifest on every indexing run. The default time to re-index is 300 seconds.

SECURITY_SCANNER_V4_ENDPOINT

String

The endpoint for the V4 security scanner

Pattern:
^http(s)?://(.)+$

Example:
http://192.168.99.101:6060

SECURITY_SCANNER_V4_PSK

String

The generated pre-shared key (PSK) for Clair

SECURITY_SCANNER_ENDPOINT

String

The endpoint for the V2 security scanner

Pattern:
^http(s)?://(.)+$

Example:
http://192.168.99.100:6060

SECURITY_SCANNER_INDEXING_INTERVAL

Integer

This parameter is used to determine the number of seconds between indexing intervals in the security scanner. When indexing is triggered, Red Hat Quay will query its database for manifests that must be indexed by Clair. These include manifests that have not yet been indexed and manifests that previously failed indexing.

Default: 30

FEATURE_SECURITY_SCANNER_NOTIFY_ON_NEW_INDEX

Boolean

Whether to allow sending notifications about vulnerabilities for new pushes.
Default: True

SECURITY_SCANNER_V4_MANIFEST_CLEANUP

Boolean

Whether the Red Hat Quay garbage collector removes manifests that are not referenced by other tags or manifests.
Default: True

NOTIFICATION_MIN_SEVERITY_ON_NEW_INDEX

String

Set minimal security level for new notifications on detected vulnerabilities. Avoids creation of large number of notifications after first index. If not defined, defaults to High. Available options include Critical, High, Medium, Low, Negligible, and Unknown.

SECURITY_SCANNER_V4_INDEX_MAX_LAYER_SIZE

String

The maximum layer size allowed for indexing. If the layer size exceeds the configured size, the Red Hat Quay UI returns the following message: The manifest for this tag has layer(s) that are too large to index by the Quay Security Scanner. The default is 8G, and the maximum recommended is 10G. Accepted values are B, K, M, T, and G.
Default: 8G

3.19.1. Re-indexing with Clair v4

When Clair v4 indexes a manifest, the result should be deterministic. For example, the same manifest should produce the same index report. This is true until the scanners are changed, as using different scanners will produce different information relating to a specific manifest to be returned in the report. Because of this, Clair v4 exposes a state representation of the indexing engine (/indexer/api/v1/index_state) to determine whether the scanner configuration has been changed.

Red Hat Quay leverages this index state by saving it to the index report when parsing to Quay’s database. If this state has changed since the manifest was previously scanned, Red Hat Quay will attempt to re-index that manifest during the periodic indexing process.

By default this parameter is set to 30 seconds. Users might decrease the time if they want the indexing process to run more frequently, for example, if they did not want to wait 30 seconds to see security scan results in the UI after pushing a new tag. Users can also change the parameter if they want more control over the request pattern to Clair and the pattern of database operations being performed on the Red Hat Quay database.

3.19.2. Example security scanner configuration

The following YAML is the suggested configuration when enabling the security scanner feature.

Security scanner YAML configuration

FEATURE_SECURITY_NOTIFICATIONS: true
FEATURE_SECURITY_SCANNER: true
FEATURE_SECURITY_SCANNER_NOTIFY_ON_NEW_INDEX: true
...
SECURITY_SCANNER_INDEXING_INTERVAL: 30
SECURITY_SCANNER_V4_MANIFEST_CLEANUP: true
SECURITY_SCANNER_V4_ENDPOINT: http://quay-server.example.com:8081
SECURITY_SCANNER_V4_PSK: MTU5YzA4Y2ZkNzJoMQ==
SERVER_HOSTNAME: quay-server.example.com
SECURITY_SCANNER_V4_INDEX_MAX_LAYER_SIZE: 8G 1
...

1
Recommended maximum is 10G.

3.20. Helm configuration fields

Table 3.18. Helm configuration fields
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_GENERAL_OCI_SUPPORT

Boolean

Enable support for OCI artifacts.

Default: True

The following Open Container Initiative (OCI) artifact types are built into Red Hat Quay by default and are enabled through the FEATURE_GENERAL_OCI_SUPPORT configuration field:

FieldMedia TypeSupported content types

Helm

application/vnd.cncf.helm.config.v1+json

application/tar+gzip, application/vnd.cncf.helm.chart.content.v1.tar+gzip

Cosign

application/vnd.oci.image.config.v1+json

application/vnd.dev.cosign.simplesigning.v1+json, application/vnd.dsse.envelope.v1+json

SPDX

application/vnd.oci.image.config.v1+json

text/spdx, text/spdx+xml, text/spdx+json

Syft

application/vnd.oci.image.config.v1+json

application/vnd.syft+json

CycloneDX

application/vnd.oci.image.config.v1+json

application/vnd.cyclonedx, application/vnd.cyclonedx+xml, application/vnd.cyclonedx+json

In-toto

application/vnd.oci.image.config.v1+json

application/vnd.in-toto+json

Unknown

application/vnd.cncf.openpolicyagent.policy.layer.v1+rego

application/vnd.cncf.openpolicyagent.policy.layer.v1+rego, application/vnd.cncf.openpolicyagent.data.layer.v1+json

3.20.1. Configuring Helm

The following YAML is the example configuration when enabling Helm.

Helm YAML configuration

FEATURE_GENERAL_OCI_SUPPORT: true

3.21. Open Container Initiative configuration fields

Table 3.19. Additional OCI artifact configuration field
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_REFERRERS_API

Boolean

Enables OCI 1.1’s referrers API.

Example OCI referrers enablement YAML

# ...
FEATURE_REFERRERS_API: True
# ...

3.22. Unknown media types

Table 3.20. Unknown media types configuration field
FieldTypeDescription

IGNORE_UNKNOWN_MEDIATYPES

Boolean

When enabled, allows a container registry platform to disregard specific restrictions on supported artifact types and accept any unrecognized or unknown media types.

Default: false

3.22.1. Configuring unknown media types

The following YAML is the example configuration when enabling unknown or unrecognized media types.

Unknown media types YAML configuration

IGNORE_UNKNOWN_MEDIATYPES: true

3.23. Action log configuration fields

3.23.1. Action log storage configuration

Table 3.21. Action log storage configuration
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_LOG_EXPORT

Boolean

Whether to allow exporting of action logs.

Default: True

LOGS_MODEL

String

Specifies the preferred method for handling log data.

Values: One of database, transition_reads_both_writes_es, elasticsearch, splunk
Default: database

LOGS_MODEL_CONFIG

Object

Logs model config for action logs.

ALLOW_WITHOUT_STRICT_LOGGING

Boolean

When set to True, if the external log system like Splunk or ElasticSearch is intermittently unavailable, allows users to push images normally. Events are logged to the stdout instead. Overrides ALLOW_PULLS_WITHOUT_STRICT_LOGGING if set.

Default: False

3.23.1.1. Elasticsearch configuration fields

The following fields are available when configuring Elasticsearch for Red Hat Quay.

  • LOGS_MODEL_CONFIG [object]: Logs model config for action logs.

    • elasticsearch_config [object]: Elasticsearch cluster configuration.

      • access_key [string]: Elasticsearch user (or IAM key for AWS ES).

        • Example: some_string
      • host [string]: Elasticsearch cluster endpoint.

        • Example: host.elasticsearch.example
      • index_prefix [string]: Elasticsearch’s index prefix.

        • Example: logentry_
      • index_settings [object]: Elasticsearch’s index settings
      • use_ssl [boolean]: Use ssl for Elasticsearch. Defaults to True.

        • Example: True
      • secret_key [string]: Elasticsearch password (or IAM secret for AWS ES).

        • Example: some_secret_string
      • aws_region [string]: Amazon web service region.

        • Example: us-east-1
      • port [number]: Elasticsearch cluster endpoint port.

        • Example: 1234
    • kinesis_stream_config [object]: AWS Kinesis Stream configuration.

      • aws_secret_key [string]: AWS secret key.

        • Example: some_secret_key
      • stream_name [string]: Kinesis stream to send action logs to.

        • Example: logentry-kinesis-stream
      • aws_access_key [string]: AWS access key.

        • Example: some_access_key
      • retries [number]: Max number of attempts made on a single request.

        • Example: 5
      • read_timeout [number]: Number of seconds before timeout when reading from a connection.

        • Example: 5
      • max_pool_connections [number]: The maximum number of connections to keep in a connection pool.

        • Example: 10
      • aws_region [string]: AWS region.

        • Example: us-east-1
      • connect_timeout [number]: Number of seconds before timeout when attempting to make a connection.

        • Example: 5
    • producer [string]: Logs producer if logging to Elasticsearch.

      • enum: kafka, elasticsearch, kinesis_stream
      • Example: kafka
    • kafka_config [object]: Kafka cluster configuration.

      • topic [string]: Kafka topic to publish log entries to.

        • Example: logentry
      • bootstrap_servers [array]: List of Kafka brokers to bootstrap the client from.
      • max_block_seconds [number]: Max number of seconds to block during a send(), either because the buffer is full or metadata unavailable.

        • Example: 10

3.23.1.2. Splunk configuration fields

The following fields are available when configuring Splunk for Red Hat Quay.

  • producer [string]: splunk. Use when configuring Splunk.
  • splunk_config [object]: Logs model configuration for Splunk action logs or the Splunk cluster configuration.

    • host [string]: Splunk cluster endpoint.
    • port [integer]: Splunk management cluster endpoint port.
    • bearer_token [string]: The bearer token for Splunk.
    • verify_ssl [boolean]: Enable (True) or disable (False) TLS/SSL verification for HTTPS connections.
    • index_prefix [string]: Splunk’s index prefix.
    • ssl_ca_path [string]: The relative container path to a single .pem file containing a certificate authority (CA) for SSL validation.

Example Splunk configuration

# ...
LOGS_MODEL: splunk
LOGS_MODEL_CONFIG:
    producer: splunk
    splunk_config:
        host: http://<user_name>.remote.csb
        port: 8089
        bearer_token: <bearer_token>
        url_scheme: <http/https>
        verify_ssl: False
        index_prefix: <splunk_log_index_name>
        ssl_ca_path: <location_to_ssl-ca-cert.pem>
# ...

3.23.1.3. Splunk HEC configuration fields

The following fields are available when configuring Splunk HTTP Event Collector (HEC) for Red Hat Quay.

  • producer [string]: splunk_hec. Use when configuring Splunk HEC.
  • splunk_hec_config [object]: Logs model configuration for Splunk HTTP event collector action logs configuration.

    • host [string]: Splunk cluster endpoint.
    • port [integer]: Splunk management cluster endpoint port.
    • hec_token [string]: HEC token for Splunk.
    • url_scheme [string]: The URL scheme for access the Splunk service. If Splunk is behind SSL/TLS, must be https.
    • verify_ssl [boolean]: Enable (true) or disable (false) SSL/TLS verification for HTTPS connections.
    • index [string]: The Splunk index to use.
    • splunk_host [string]: The host name to log this event.
    • splunk_sourcetype [string]: The name of the Splunk sourcetype to use.
# ...
LOGS_MODEL: splunk
LOGS_MODEL_CONFIG:
  producer: splunk_hec
  splunk_hec_config: 1
    host: prd-p-aaaaaq.splunkcloud.com 2
    port: 8088 3
    hec_token: 12345678-1234-1234-1234-1234567890ab 4
    url_scheme: https 5
    verify_ssl: False 6
    index: quay 7
    splunk_host: quay-dev 8
    splunk_sourcetype: quay_logs 9
# ...

3.23.2. Action log rotation and archiving configuration

Table 3.22. Action log rotation and archiving configuration
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_ACTION_LOG_ROTATION

Boolean

Enabling log rotation and archival will move all logs older than 30 days to storage.

Default: false

ACTION_LOG_ARCHIVE_LOCATION

String

If action log archiving is enabled, the storage engine in which to place the archived data.

Example:: s3_us_east

ACTION_LOG_ARCHIVE_PATH

String

If action log archiving is enabled, the path in storage in which to place the archived data.

Example: archives/actionlogs

ACTION_LOG_ROTATION_THRESHOLD

String

The time interval after which to rotate logs.

Example: 30d

3.23.3. Action log audit configuration

Table 3.23. Audit logs configuration field
FieldTypeDescription

ACTION_LOG_AUDIT_LOGINS

Boolean

When set to True, tracks advanced events such as logging into, and out of, the UI, and logging in using Docker for regular users, robot accounts, and for application-specific token accounts.

Default: True

3.24. Build logs configuration fields

Table 3.24. Build logs configuration fields
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_READER_BUILD_LOGS

Boolean

If set to true, build logs can be read by those with read access to the repository, rather than only write access or admin access.

Default: False

LOG_ARCHIVE_LOCATION

String

The storage location, defined in DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_CONFIG, in which to place the archived build logs.

Example: s3_us_east

LOG_ARCHIVE_PATH

String

The path under the configured storage engine in which to place the archived build logs in .JSON format.

Example: archives/buildlogs

3.25. Dockerfile build triggers fields

Table 3.25. Dockerfile build support
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_BUILD_SUPPORT

Boolean

Whether to support Dockerfile build.

Default: False

SUCCESSIVE_TRIGGER_FAILURE_DISABLE_THRESHOLD

Number

If not set to None, the number of successive failures that can occur before a build trigger is automatically disabled.

Default: 100

SUCCESSIVE_TRIGGER_INTERNAL_ERROR_DISABLE_THRESHOLD

Number

If not set to None, the number of successive internal errors that can occur before a build trigger is automatically disabled

Default: 5

3.25.1. GitHub build triggers

Table 3.26. GitHub build triggers
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_GITHUB_BUILD

Boolean

Whether to support GitHub build triggers.

Default: False

 

 

 

GITHUB_TRIGGER_CONFIG

Object

Configuration for using GitHub Enterprise for build triggers.

   .GITHUB_ENDPOINT
   (Required)

String

The endpoint for GitHub Enterprise.

Example: https://github.com/

   .API_ENDPOINT

String

The endpoint of the GitHub Enterprise API to use. Must be overridden for github.com.

Example: https://api.github.com/

   .CLIENT_ID
   (Required)

String

The registered client ID for this Red Hat Quay instance; this cannot be shared with GITHUB_LOGIN_CONFIG.

   .CLIENT_SECRET
   (Required)

String

The registered client secret for this Red Hat Quay instance.

3.25.2. BitBucket build triggers

Table 3.27. BitBucket build triggers
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_BITBUCKET_BUILD

Boolean

Whether to support Bitbucket build triggers.

Default: False

 

 

 

BITBUCKET_TRIGGER_CONFIG

Object

Configuration for using BitBucket for build triggers.

   .CONSUMER_KEY
   (Required)

String

The registered consumer key (client ID) for this Red Hat Quay instance.

   .CONSUMER_SECRET
   (Required)

String

The registered consumer secret (client secret) for this Red Hat Quay instance.

3.25.3. GitLab build triggers

Table 3.28. GitLab build triggers
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_GITLAB_BUILD

Boolean

Whether to support GitLab build triggers.

Default: False

 

 

 

GITLAB_TRIGGER_CONFIG

Object

Configuration for using Gitlab for build triggers.

   .GITLAB_ENDPOINT
   (Required)

String

The endpoint at which Gitlab Enterprise is running.

   .CLIENT_ID
   (Required)

String

The registered client ID for this Red Hat Quay instance.

   .CLIENT_SECRET
   (Required)

String

The registered client secret for this Red Hat Quay instance.

3.26. Build manager configuration fields

Table 3.29. Build manager configuration fields
FieldTypeDescription

ALLOWED_WORKER_COUNT

String

Defines how many Build Workers are instantiated per Red Hat Quay pod. Typically set to 1.

ORCHESTRATOR_PREFIX

String

Defines a unique prefix to be added to all Redis keys. This is useful to isolate Orchestrator values from other Redis keys.

REDIS_HOST

Object

The hostname for your Redis service.

REDIS_PASSWORD

String

The password to authenticate into your Redis service.

REDIS_SSL

Boolean

Defines whether or not your Redis connection uses SSL/TLS.

REDIS_SKIP_KEYSPACE_EVENT_SETUP

Boolean

By default, Red Hat Quay does not set up the keyspace events required for key events at runtime. To do so, set REDIS_SKIP_KEYSPACE_EVENT_SETUP to false.

EXECUTOR

String

Starts a definition of an Executor of this type. Valid values are kubernetes and ec2.

BUILDER_NAMESPACE

String

Kubernetes namespace where Red Hat Quay Builds will take place.

K8S_API_SERVER

Object

Hostname for API Server of the OpenShift Container Platform cluster where Builds will take place.

K8S_API_TLS_CA

Object

The filepath in the Quay container of the Build cluster’s CA certificate for the Quay application to trust when making API calls.

KUBERNETES_DISTRIBUTION

String

Indicates which type of Kubernetes is being used. Valid values are openshift and k8s.

CONTAINER_*

Object

Define the resource requests and limits for each build pod.

NODE_SELECTOR_*

Object

Defines the node selector label name-value pair where build Pods should be scheduled.

CONTAINER_RUNTIME

Object

Specifies whether the Builder should run docker or podman. Customers using Red Hat’s quay-builder image should set this to podman.

SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME/SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN

Object

Defines the Service Account name or token that will be used by build pods.

QUAY_USERNAME/QUAY_PASSWORD

Object

Defines the registry credentials needed to pull the Red Hat Quay build worker image that is specified in the WORKER_IMAGE field. Customers should provide a Red Hat Service Account credential as defined in the section "Creating Registry Service Accounts" against registry.redhat.io in the article at https://access.redhat.com/RegistryAuthentication.

WORKER_IMAGE

Object

Image reference for the Red Hat Quay Builder image. registry.redhat.io/quay/quay-builder

WORKER_TAG

Object

Tag for the Builder image desired. The latest version is 3.

BUILDER_VM_CONTAINER_IMAGE

Object

The full reference to the container image holding the internal VM needed to run each Red Hat Quay Build. (registry.redhat.io/quay/quay-builder-qemu-rhcos:3).

SETUP_TIME

String

Specifies the number of seconds at which a Build times out if it has not yet registered itself with the Build Manager. Defaults at 500 seconds. Builds that time out are attempted to be restarted three times. If the Build does not register itself after three attempts it is considered failed.

MINIMUM_RETRY_THRESHOLD

String

This setting is used with multiple Executors. It indicates how many retries are attempted to start a Build before a different Executor is chosen. Setting to 0 means there are no restrictions on how many tries the build job needs to have. This value should be kept intentionally small (three or less) to ensure failovers happen quickly during infrastructure failures. You must specify a value for this setting. For example, Kubernetes is set as the first executor and EC2 as the second executor. If you want the last attempt to run a job to always be executed on EC2 and not Kubernetes, you can set the Kubernetes executor’s MINIMUM_RETRY_THRESHOLD to 1 and EC2’s MINIMUM_RETRY_THRESHOLD to 0 (defaults to 0 if not set). In this case, the Kubernetes' MINIMUM_RETRY_THRESHOLD retries_remaining(1) would evaluate to False, therefore falling back to the second executor configured.

SSH_AUTHORIZED_KEYS

Object

List of SSH keys to bootstrap in the ignition config. This allows other keys to be used to SSH into the EC2 instance or QEMU virtual machine (VM).

3.27. OAuth configuration fields

Table 3.30. OAuth fields
FieldTypeDescription

DIRECT_OAUTH_CLIENTID_WHITELIST

Array of String

A list of client IDs for Quay-managed applications that are allowed to perform direct OAuth approval without user approval.

FEATURE_ASSIGN_OAUTH_TOKEN

Boolean

Allows organization administrators to assign OAuth tokens to other users.

3.27.1. GitHub OAuth configuration fields

Table 3.31. GitHub OAuth fields
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_GITHUB_LOGIN

Boolean

Whether GitHub login is supported

**Default: False

GITHUB_LOGIN_CONFIG

Object

Configuration for using GitHub (Enterprise) as an external login provider.

   .ALLOWED_ORGANIZATIONS

Array of String

The names of the GitHub (Enterprise) organizations whitelisted to work with the ORG_RESTRICT option.

   .API_ENDPOINT

String

The endpoint of the GitHub (Enterprise) API to use. Must be overridden for github.com

Example: https://api.github.com/

   .CLIENT_ID
   (Required)

String

The registered client ID for this Red Hat Quay instance; cannot be shared with GITHUB_TRIGGER_CONFIG.

Example: 0e8dbe15c4c7630b6780

   .CLIENT_SECRET
   (Required)

String

The registered client secret for this Red Hat Quay instance.

Example: e4a58ddd3d7408b7aec109e85564a0d153d3e846

   .GITHUB_ENDPOINT
   (Required)

String

The endpoint for GitHub (Enterprise).

Example: https://github.com/

   .ORG_RESTRICT

Boolean

If true, only users within the organization whitelist can login using this provider.

3.27.2. Google OAuth configuration fields

Table 3.32. Google OAuth fields
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_GOOGLE_LOGIN

Boolean

Whether Google login is supported.

**Default: False

GOOGLE_LOGIN_CONFIG

Object

Configuration for using Google for external authentication.

   .CLIENT_ID
   (Required)

String

The registered client ID for this Red Hat Quay instance.

Example: 0e8dbe15c4c7630b6780

   .CLIENT_SECRET
   (Required)

String

The registered client secret for this Red Hat Quay instance.

Example: e4a58ddd3d7408b7aec109e85564a0d153d3e846

3.28. OIDC configuration fields

Table 3.33. OIDC fields

Field

Type

Description

<string>_LOGIN_CONFIG
(Required)

String

The parent key that holds the OIDC configuration settings. Typically the name of the OIDC provider, for example, AZURE_LOGIN_CONFIG, however any arbitrary string is accepted.

.CLIENT_ID
(Required)

String

The registered client ID for this Red Hat Quay instance.

Example: 0e8dbe15c4c7630b6780

.CLIENT_SECRET
(Required)

String

The registered client secret for this Red Hat Quay instance.

Example: e4a58ddd3d7408b7aec109e85564a0d153d3e846

.DEBUGLOG

Boolean

Whether to enable debugging.

.LOGIN_BINDING_FIELD

String

Used when the internal authorization is set to LDAP. Red Hat Quay reads this parameter and tries to search through the LDAP tree for the user with this username. If it exists, it automatically creates a link to that LDAP account.

.LOGIN_SCOPES

Object

Adds additional scopes that Red Hat Quay uses to communicate with the OIDC provider.

.OIDC_ENDPOINT_CUSTOM_PARAMS

String

Support for custom query parameters on OIDC endpoints. The following endpoints are supported: authorization_endpoint, token_endpoint, and user_endpoint.

.OIDC_ISSUER

String

Allows the user to define the issuer to verify. For example, JWT tokens container a parameter known as iss which defines who issued the token. By default, this is read from the .well-know/openid/configuration endpoint, which is exposed by every OIDC provider. If this verification fails, there is no login.

.OIDC_SERVER
(Required)

String

The address of the OIDC server that is being used for authentication.

Example: https://sts.windows.net/6c878…​/

.PREFERRED_USERNAME_CLAIM_NAME

String

Sets the preferred username to a parameter from the token.

.SERVICE_ICON

String

Changes the icon on the login screen.

.SERVICE_NAME
(Required)

String

The name of the service that is being authenticated.

Example: Microsoft Entra ID

.VERIFIED_EMAIL_CLAIM_NAME

String

The name of the claim that is used to verify the email address of the user.

.PREFERRED_GROUP_CLAIM_NAME

String

The key name within the OIDC token payload that holds information about the user’s group memberships.

.OIDC_DISABLE_USER_ENDPOINT

Boolean

Whether to allow or disable the /userinfo endpoint. If using Azure Entra ID, this field must be set to true because Azure obtains the user’s information from the token instead of calling the /userinfo endpoint.

Default: false

3.28.1. OIDC configuration

The following example shows a sample OIDC configuration.

Example OIDC configuration

AUTHENTICATION_TYPE: OIDC
# ...
AZURE_LOGIN_CONFIG:
    CLIENT_ID: <client_id>
    CLIENT_SECRET: <client_secret>
    OIDC_SERVER: <oidc_server_address_>
    DEBUGGING: true
    SERVICE_NAME: Microsoft Entra ID
    VERIFIED_EMAIL_CLAIM_NAME: <verified_email>
    OIDC_DISABLE_USER_ENDPOINT: true
    OIDC_ENDPOINT_CUSTOM_PARAMS":
                "authorization_endpoint":
                    "some": "param",
# ...

3.29. Nested repositories configuration fields

Support for nested repository path names has been added under the FEATURE_EXTENDED_REPOSITORY_NAMES property. This optional configuration is added to the config.yaml by default. Enablement allows the use of / in repository names.

Table 3.34. OCI and nested repositories configuration fields
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_EXTENDED_REPOSITORY_NAMES

Boolean

Enable support for nested repositories

Default: True

OCI and nested repositories configuration example

FEATURE_EXTENDED_REPOSITORY_NAMES: true

3.30. QuayIntegration configuration fields

The following configuration fields are available for the QuayIntegration custom resource:

NameDescriptionSchema

allowlistNamespaces
(Optional)

A list of namespaces to include.

Array

clusterID
(Required)

The ID associated with this cluster.

String

credentialsSecret.key
(Required)

The secret containing credentials to communicate with the Quay registry.

Object

denylistNamespaces
(Optional)

A list of namespaces to exclude.

Array

insecureRegistry
(Optional)

Whether to skip TLS verification to the Quay registry

Boolean

quayHostname
(Required)

The hostname of the Quay registry.

String

scheduledImageStreamImport
(Optional)

Whether to enable image stream importing.

Boolean

3.31. Mail configuration fields

Table 3.35. Mail configuration fields
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_MAILING

Boolean

Whether emails are enabled

Default: False

MAIL_DEFAULT_SENDER

String

If specified, the e-mail address used as the from when Red Hat Quay sends e-mails. If none, defaults to support@quay.io

Example: support@example.com

MAIL_PASSWORD

String

The SMTP password to use when sending e-mails

MAIL_PORT

Number

The SMTP port to use. If not specified, defaults to 587.

MAIL_SERVER

String

The SMTP server to use for sending e-mails. Only required if FEATURE_MAILING is set to true.

Example: smtp.example.com

MAIL_USERNAME

String

The SMTP username to use when sending e-mails

MAIL_USE_TLS

Boolean

If specified, whether to use TLS for sending e-mails

Default: True

3.32. User configuration fields

Table 3.36. User configuration fields
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_SUPER_USERS

Boolean

Whether superusers are supported

Default: true

FEATURE_USER_CREATION

Boolean

Whether users can be created (by non-superusers)

Default: true

FEATURE_USER_LAST_ACCESSED

Boolean

Whether to record the last time a user was accessed

Default: true

FEATURE_USER_LOG_ACCESS

Boolean

If set to true, users will have access to audit logs for their namespace

Default: false

FEATURE_USER_METADATA

Boolean

Whether to collect and support user metadata

Default: false

FEATURE_USERNAME_CONFIRMATION

Boolean

If set to true, users can confirm and modify their initial usernames when logging in via OpenID Connect (OIDC) or a non-database internal authentication provider like LDAP.
Default: true

FEATURE_USER_RENAME

Boolean

If set to true, users can rename their own namespace

Default: false

FEATURE_INVITE_ONLY_USER_CREATION

Boolean

Whether users being created must be invited by another user

Default: false

FRESH_LOGIN_TIMEOUT

String

The time after which a fresh login requires users to re-enter their password

Example: 5m

USERFILES_LOCATION

String

ID of the storage engine in which to place user-uploaded files

Example: s3_us_east

USERFILES_PATH

String

Path under storage in which to place user-uploaded files

Example: userfiles

USER_RECOVERY_TOKEN_LIFETIME

String

The length of time a token for recovering a user accounts is valid

Pattern: ^[0-9]+(w|m|d|h|s)$
Default: 30m

FEATURE_SUPERUSERS_FULL_ACCESS

Boolean

Grants superusers the ability to read, write, and delete content from other repositories in namespaces that they do not own or have explicit permissions for.

Default: False

FEATURE_SUPERUSERS_ORG_CREATION_ONLY

Boolean

Whether to only allow superusers to create organizations.

Default: False

FEATURE_RESTRICTED_USERS

Boolean

When set to True with RESTRICTED_USERS_WHITELIST:

  • All normal users and superusers are restricted from creating organizations or content in their own namespace unless they are allowlisted via RESTRICTED_USERS_WHITELIST.
  • Restricted users retain their normal permissions within organizations based on team memberships.

Default: False

RESTRICTED_USERS_WHITELIST

String

When set with FEATURE_RESTRICTED_USERS: true, specific users are excluded from the FEATURE_RESTRICTED_USERS setting.

GLOBAL_READONLY_SUPER_USERS

String

When set, grants users of this list read access to all repositories, regardless of whether they are public repositories. Only works for those superusers defined with the SUPER_USERS configuration field.

3.32.1. User configuration fields references

Use the following references to update your config.yaml file with the desired configuration field.

3.32.1.1. FEATURE_SUPERUSERS_FULL_ACCESS configuration reference

---
SUPER_USERS:
- quayadmin
FEATURE_SUPERUSERS_FULL_ACCESS: True
---

3.32.1.2. GLOBAL_READONLY_SUPER_USERS configuration reference

---
GLOBAL_READONLY_SUPER_USERS:
      - user1
---

3.32.1.3. FEATURE_RESTRICTED_USERS configuration reference

---
AUTHENTICATION_TYPE: Database
---
---
FEATURE_RESTRICTED_USERS: true
---

3.32.1.4. RESTRICTED_USERS_WHITELIST configuration reference

Prerequisites

  • FEATURE_RESTRICTED_USERS is set to true in your config.yaml file.
---
AUTHENTICATION_TYPE: Database
---
---
FEATURE_RESTRICTED_USERS: true
RESTRICTED_USERS_WHITELIST:
      - user1
---
Note

When this field is set, whitelisted users can create organizations, or read or write content from the repository even if FEATURE_RESTRICTED_USERS is set to true. Other users, for example, user2, user3, and user4 are restricted from creating organizations, reading, or writing content

3.33. Recaptcha configuration fields

Table 3.37. Recaptcha configuration fields
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_RECAPTCHA

Boolean

Whether Recaptcha is necessary for user login and recovery

Default: False

RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY

String

If recaptcha is enabled, the secret key for the Recaptcha service

RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY

String

If recaptcha is enabled, the site key for the Recaptcha service

3.34. ACI configuration fields

Table 3.38. ACI configuration fields
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_ACI_CONVERSION

Boolean

Whether to enable conversion to ACIs

Default: False

GPG2_PRIVATE_KEY_FILENAME

String

The filename of the private key used to decrypte ACIs

GPG2_PRIVATE_KEY_NAME

String

The name of the private key used to sign ACIs

GPG2_PUBLIC_KEY_FILENAME

String

The filename of the public key used to encrypt ACIs

3.35. JWT configuration fields

Table 3.39. JWT configuration fields
FieldTypeDescription

JWT_AUTH_ISSUER

String

The endpoint for JWT users

Pattern: ^http(s)?://(.)+$
Example: http://192.168.99.101:6060

JWT_GETUSER_ENDPOINT

String

The endpoint for JWT users
Pattern: ^http(s)?://(.)+$
Example: http://192.168.99.101:6060

JWT_QUERY_ENDPOINT

String

The endpoint for JWT queries

Pattern: ^http(s)?://(.)+$
Example: http://192.168.99.101:6060

JWT_VERIFY_ENDPOINT

String

The endpoint for JWT verification

Pattern: ^http(s)?://(.)+$
Example: http://192.168.99.101:6060

3.36. App tokens configuration fields

Table 3.40. App tokens configuration fields
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_APP_SPECIFIC_TOKENS

Boolean

If enabled, users can create tokens for use by the Docker CLI

Default: True

APP_SPECIFIC_TOKEN_EXPIRATION

String

The expiration for external app tokens.

Default None
Pattern: ^[0-9]+(w|m|d|h|s)$

EXPIRED_APP_SPECIFIC_TOKEN_GC

String

Duration of time expired external app tokens will remain before being garbage collected

Default: 1d

3.37. Miscellaneous configuration fields

Table 3.41. Miscellaneous configuration fields
FieldTypeDescription

ALLOW_PULLS_WITHOUT_STRICT_LOGGING

String

If true, pulls will still succeed even if the pull audit log entry cannot be written . This is useful if the database is in a read-only state and it is desired for pulls to continue during that time.

Default: False

AVATAR_KIND

String

The types of avatars to display, either generated inline (local) or Gravatar (gravatar)

Values: local, gravatar

BROWSER_API_CALLS_XHR_ONLY

Boolean

If enabled, only API calls marked as being made by an XHR will be allowed from browsers

Default: True

DEFAULT_NAMESPACE_MAXIMUM_BUILD_COUNT

Number

The default maximum number of builds that can be queued in a namespace.

Default: None

ENABLE_HEALTH_DEBUG_SECRET

String

If specified, a secret that can be given to health endpoints to see full debug info when not authenticated as a superuser

EXTERNAL_TLS_TERMINATION

Boolean

Set to true if TLS is supported, but terminated at a layer before Quay. Set to false when Quay is running with its own SSL certificates and receiving TLS traffic directly.

FRESH_LOGIN_TIMEOUT

String

The time after which a fresh login requires users to re-enter their password

Example: 5m

HEALTH_CHECKER

String

The configured health check

Example: ('RDSAwareHealthCheck', {'access_key': 'foo', 'secret_key': 'bar'})

PROMETHEUS_NAMESPACE

String

The prefix applied to all exposed Prometheus metrics

Default: quay

PUBLIC_NAMESPACES

Array of String

If a namespace is defined in the public namespace list, then it will appear on all users' repository list pages, regardless of whether the user is a member of the namespace. Typically, this is used by an enterprise customer in configuring a set of "well-known" namespaces.

REGISTRY_STATE

String

The state of the registry

Values: normal or read-only

SEARCH_MAX_RESULT_PAGE_COUNT

Number

Maximum number of pages the user can paginate in search before they are limited

Default: 10

SEARCH_RESULTS_PER_PAGE

Number

Number of results returned per page by search page

Default: 10

V2_PAGINATION_SIZE

Number

The number of results returned per page in V2 registry APIs

Default: 50

WEBHOOK_HOSTNAME_BLACKLIST

Array of String

The set of hostnames to disallow from webhooks when validating, beyond localhost

CREATE_PRIVATE_REPO_ON_PUSH

Boolean

Whether new repositories created by push are set to private visibility

Default: True

CREATE_NAMESPACE_ON_PUSH

Boolean

Whether new push to a non-existent organization creates it

Default: False

NON_RATE_LIMITED_NAMESPACES

Array of String

If rate limiting has been enabled using FEATURE_RATE_LIMITS, you can override it for specific namespace that require unlimited access.

FEATURE_UI_V2

Boolean

When set, allows users to try the beta UI environment.

Default: True

FEATURE_REQUIRE_TEAM_INVITE

Boolean

Whether to require invitations when adding a user to a team

Default: True

FEATURE_REQUIRE_ENCRYPTED_BASIC_AUTH

Boolean

Whether non-encrypted passwords (as opposed to encrypted tokens) can be used for basic auth

Default: False

FEATURE_RATE_LIMITS

Boolean

Whether to enable rate limits on API and registry endpoints. Setting FEATURE_RATE_LIMITS to true causes nginx to limit certain API calls to 30 per second. If that feature is not set, API calls are limited to 300 per second (effectively unlimited).

Default: False

FEATURE_FIPS

Boolean

If set to true, Red Hat Quay will run using FIPS-compliant hash functions

Default: False

FEATURE_AGGREGATED_LOG_COUNT_RETRIEVAL

Boolean

Whether to allow retrieval of aggregated log counts

Default: True

FEATURE_ANONYMOUS_ACCESS

Boolean

Whether to allow anonymous users to browse and pull public repositories

Default: True

FEATURE_DIRECT_LOGIN

Boolean

Whether users can directly login to the UI

Default: True

FEATURE_LIBRARY_SUPPORT

Boolean

Whether to allow for "namespace-less" repositories when pulling and pushing from Docker

Default: True

FEATURE_PARTIAL_USER_AUTOCOMPLETE

Boolean

If set to true, autocompletion will apply to partial usernames+
Default: True

FEATURE_PERMANENT_SESSIONS

Boolean

Whether sessions are permanent

Default: True

FEATURE_PUBLIC_CATALOG

Boolean

If set to true, the _catalog endpoint returns public repositories. Otherwise, only private repositories can be returned.

Default: False

DISABLE_PUSHES

Boolean

Disables pushes of new content to the registry while retaining all other functionality. Differs from read-only mode because database is not set as read-only. When DISABLE_PUSHES is set to true, the Red Hat Quay garbage collector is disabled. As a result, when PERMANENTLY_DELETE_TAGS is enabled, using the Red Hat Quay UI to permanently delete a tag does not result in the immediate deletion of a tag. Instead, the image stays in the backend storage until DISABLE_PUSHES is set to false, which re-enables the garbage collector. Red Hat Quay administrators should be aware of this caveat when using DISABLE_PUSHES and PERMANENTLY_DELETE_TAGS together.

Default: False

3.38. Legacy configuration fields

The following fields are deprecated or obsolete.

Table 3.42. Legacy configuration fields
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_BLACKLISTED_EMAILS

Boolean

If set to true, no new User accounts may be created if their email domain is blacklisted

BLACKLISTED_EMAIL_DOMAINS

Array of String

The list of email-address domains that is used if FEATURE_BLACKLISTED_EMAILS is set to true

Example: "example.com", "example.org"

BLACKLIST_V2_SPEC

String

The Docker CLI versions to which Red Hat Quay will respond that V2 is unsupported

Example: <1.8.0
Default: <1.6.0

DOCUMENTATION_ROOT

String

Root URL for documentation links. This field is useful when Red Hat Quay is configured for disconnected environments to set an alternatively, or allowlisted, documentation link.

SECURITY_SCANNER_V4_NAMESPACE_WHITELIST

String

The namespaces for which the security scanner should be enabled

FEATURE_RESTRICTED_V1_PUSH

Boolean

If set to true, only namespaces listed in V1_PUSH_WHITELIST support V1 push

Default: False

V1_PUSH_WHITELIST

Array of String

The array of namespace names that support V1 push if FEATURE_RESTRICTED_V1_PUSH is set to true

FEATURE_HELM_OCI_SUPPORT

Boolean

Enable support for Helm artifacts.

Default: False

ALLOWED_OCI_ARTIFACT_TYPES

Object

The set of allowed OCI artifact MIME types and the associated layer types.

3.39. User interface v2 configuration fields

Table 3.43. User interface v2 configuration fields
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_UI_V2

Boolean

When set, allows users to try the beta UI environment.

+ Default: False

FEATURE_UI_V2_REPO_SETTINGS

Boolean

When set to True, enables repository settings in the Red Hat Quay v2 UI.

+ Default: False

3.39.1. v2 user interface configuration

With FEATURE_UI_V2 enabled, you can toggle between the current version of the user interface and the new version of the user interface.

Important
  • This UI is currently in beta and subject to change. In its current state, users can only create, view, and delete organizations, repositories, and image tags.
  • When running Red Hat Quay in the old UI, timed-out sessions would require that the user input their password again in the pop-up window. With the new UI, users are returned to the main page and required to input their username and password credentials. This is a known issue and will be fixed in a future version of the new UI.
  • There is a discrepancy in how image manifest sizes are reported between the legacy UI and the new UI. In the legacy UI, image manifests were reported in mebibytes. In the new UI, Red Hat Quay uses the standard definition of megabyte (MB) to report image manifest sizes.

Procedure

  1. In your deployment’s config.yaml file, add the FEATURE_UI_V2 parameter and set it to true, for example:

    ---
    FEATURE_TEAM_SYNCING: false
    FEATURE_UI_V2: true
    FEATURE_USER_CREATION: true
    ---
  2. Log in to your Red Hat Quay deployment.
  3. In the navigation pane of your Red Hat Quay deployment, you are given the option to toggle between Current UI and New UI. Click the toggle button to set it to new UI, and then click Use Beta Environment, for example:

    Red Hat Quay v2 UI toggle

3.40. IPv6 configuration field

Table 3.44. IPv6 configuration field
FieldTypeDescription

FEATURE_LISTEN_IP_VERSION

String

Enables IPv4, IPv6, or dual-stack protocol family. This configuration field must be properly set, otherwise Red Hat Quay fails to start.

Default: IPv4

Additional configurations: IPv6, dual-stack

3.41. Branding configuration fields

Table 3.45. Branding configuration fields
FieldTypeDescription

BRANDING

Object

Custom branding for logos and URLs in the Red Hat Quay UI.

.logo
(Required)

String

Main logo image URL.

The header logo defaults to 205x30 PX. The form logo on the Red Hat Quay sign in screen of the web UI defaults to 356.5x39.7 PX.
Example:
/static/img/quay-horizontal-color.svg

.footer_img

String

Logo for UI footer. Defaults to 144x34 PX.

Example:
/static/img/RedHat.svg

.footer_url

String

Link for footer image.

Example:
https://redhat.com

3.41.1. Example configuration for Red Hat Quay branding

Branding config.yaml example

BRANDING:
    logo: https://www.mend.io/wp-content/media/2020/03/5-tips_small.jpg
    footer_img: https://www.mend.io/wp-content/media/2020/03/5-tips_small.jpg
    footer_url: https://opensourceworld.org/

3.42. Session timeout configuration field

The following configuration field relies on on the Flask API configuration field of the same name.

Table 3.46. Session logout configuration field
FieldTypeDescription

PERMANENT_SESSION_LIFETIME

Integer

A timedelta which is used to set the expiration date of a permanent session. The default is 31 days, which makes a permanent session survive for roughly one month.

Default: 2678400

3.42.1. Example session timeout configuration

The following YAML is the suggest configuration when enabling session lifetime.

Important

Altering session lifetime is not recommended. Administrators should be aware of the allotted time when setting a session timeout. If you set the time too early, it might interrupt your workflow.

Session timeout YAML configuration

PERMANENT_SESSION_LIFETIME: 3000

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