6장. Red Hat Quay repository overview

A repository provides a central location for storing a related set of container images. These images can be used to build applications along with their dependencies in a standardized format.

Repositories are organized by namespaces. Each namespace can have multiple repositories. For example, you might have a namespace for your personal projects, one for your company, or one for a specific team within your organization.

With a paid plan, Quay.io provides users with access controls for their repositories. Users can make a repository public, meaning that anyone can pull, or download, the images from it, or users can make it private, restricting access to authorized users or teams.

There are two ways to create a repository in Quay.io: by pushing an image with the relevant podman command, or by using the Quay.io UI. You can also use the UI to delete a repository.

If you push an image through the command-line interface (CLI) without first creating a repository on the UI, the created repository is set to Private, regardless of the plan you have.