Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) now supports PrivateLink for endpoints that have been validated under the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3 program. With this release, customers with security and compliance requirements can now use FIPS-validated cryptographic modules when connecting to Amazon ECR while keeping their traffic within their Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). This enhancement enables you to meet regulatory compliance requirements while maintaining the security benefits of private connectivity. Support for PrivateLink for FIPS ECR endpoints is now available in (US East) N. Virginia, Ohio, (US West) N. California, Oregon and select (AWS GovCloud) US West and (AWS Govcloud) Us East regions. To learn more about AWS PrivateLink, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/privatelink/privatelink-access-aws-services.html. To learn more about FIPS 140-3 at AWS, visit https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/fips/. You can learn more about storing, managing and deploying container images and artifacts with Amazon ECR, including how to get started, from our https://aws.amazon.com/ecr/ and https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/what-is-ecr.html.

Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) now supports PrivateLink for endpoints that have been validated under the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3 program. With this release, customers with security and compliance requirements can now use FIPS-validated cryptographic modules when connecting to Amazon ECR while keeping their traffic within their Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). This enhancement enables you to meet regulatory compliance requirements while maintaining the security benefits of private connectivity. Support for PrivateLink for FIPS ECR endpoints is now available in (US East) N. Virginia, Ohio, (US West) N. California, Oregon and select (AWS GovCloud) US West and (AWS Govcloud) Us East regions. To learn more about AWS PrivateLink, see accessing AWS services through AWS PrivateLink. To learn more about FIPS 140-3 at AWS, visit FIPS 140-3 Compliance. You can learn more about storing, managing and deploying container images and artifacts with Amazon ECR, including how to get started, from our product page and user guide.

Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) now supports repository creation templates in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Repository creation templates allow you to configure the settings for the new repositories that Amazon ECR creates on your behalf during pull through cache and replication operations. These settings include encryption, lifecycle policies, access permissions, and tag immutability. Each template uses a prefix to match and apply configurations to new repositories automatically, enabling you to maintain consistent settings across your container registries. To learn more about ECR repository creation template, see our https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/repository-creation-templates-create.html.

Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) now supports repository creation templates in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Repository creation templates allow you to configure the settings for the new repositories that Amazon ECR creates on your behalf during pull through cache and replication operations. These settings include encryption, lifecycle policies, access permissions, and tag immutability. Each template uses a prefix to match and apply configurations to new repositories automatically, enabling you to maintain consistent settings across your container registries. To learn more about ECR repository creation template, see our documentation.

Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) enhanced scanning now surfaces how an image is used on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), including last used date, the number of clusters that the image was used, and the cluster ARNs. You can use this information to prioritize vulnerability remediation for images that are actively being used. ECR enhanced scanning is an integration with Amazon Inspector that provides vulnerability scanning for your container images. ECR enhance scanning scans your container images for both operating systems and programming language package vulnerabilities. With the launch today, you can understand whether and where your images are used on EKS and ECS. Using ECR or Inspector consoles and APIs, you can now identify when you last used an image, the number of clusters that the image was used, and which clusters are running the image with cluster ARNs. As the image use status changes, ECR enhanced scanning will continuously update the status and surface the new status as part of the enhanced scanning findings. ECR support for image use status is available for enhanced scanning customers at no additional cost and is generally available in all AWS Commercial and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions where enhanced scanning is available. To get started with ECR enhanced scanning, visit https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/image-scanning-enhanced.html.  

Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) enhanced scanning now surfaces how an image is used on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), including last used date, the number of clusters that the image was used, and the cluster ARNs. You can use this information to prioritize vulnerability remediation for images that are actively being used. ECR enhanced scanning is an integration with Amazon Inspector that provides vulnerability scanning for your container images. ECR enhance scanning scans your container images for both operating systems and programming language package vulnerabilities. With the launch today, you can understand whether and where your images are used on EKS and ECS. Using ECR or Inspector consoles and APIs, you can now identify when you last used an image, the number of clusters that the image was used, and which clusters are running the image with cluster ARNs. As the image use status changes, ECR enhanced scanning will continuously update the status and surface the new status as part of the enhanced scanning findings. ECR support for image use status is available for enhanced scanning customers at no additional cost and is generally available in all AWS Commercial and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions where enhanced scanning is available. To get started with ECR enhanced scanning, visit ECR documentation.

Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) now supports registry policy v2 in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, allowing customers to manage IAM permissions for all ECR API actions and simplify ECR permission management. ECR registry policy allows customers to control usage of ECR private registries by granting permissions to perform registry-level actions to an AWS IAM principal. Registry policy version 1 (v1), only supported three actions: ReplicateImage, BatchImportUpstreamImage, and CreateRepository. Now, the new registry policy version 2 (v2) supports every ECR action. Using registry policy v2 makes it easier for customers to control permissions across all repositories in an ECR registry, allowing customers to improve security posture and save time versus configuring permissions individually across multiple repositories. To get started, customers can migrate from registry policy v1 to v2 using the ECR management console or with the new ECR https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/APIReference/API_PutAccountSetting.html API. New ECR accounts automatically use registry policy v2. To learn more about ECR’s registry policy and permissions, see our https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/registry-permissions.html.

Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) now supports registry policy v2 in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, allowing customers to manage IAM permissions for all ECR API actions and simplify ECR permission management. ECR registry policy allows customers to control usage of ECR private registries by granting permissions to perform registry-level actions to an AWS IAM principal. Registry policy version 1 (v1), only supported three actions: ReplicateImage, BatchImportUpstreamImage, and CreateRepository. Now, the new registry policy version 2 (v2) supports every ECR action. Using registry policy v2 makes it easier for customers to control permissions across all repositories in an ECR registry, allowing customers to improve security posture and save time versus configuring permissions individually across multiple repositories. To get started, customers can migrate from registry policy v1 to v2 using the ECR management console or with the new ECR put-account-setting API. New ECR accounts automatically use registry policy v2. To learn more about ECR’s registry policy and permissions, see our Amazon ECR User Guide.

Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) now supports the ability to replicate images in private ECR repositories across accounts and/or regions, between the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Storing images helps applications start up faster as image download time is reduced due to lower latency from in-region pulls. Geographically dispersed images also help you meet backup and disaster recovery requirements for your applications. Amazon ECR Replication feature provides a simple and reliable way to replicate images, and eliminates the operational burden of manually pushing images across multiple regions and accounts. With a few clicks in the Amazon ECR Console, or using the Amazon CLI, you can specify the destination account and/or region for a source repository. Once replication is turned on, ECR will automatically replicate all new images pushed in source repository to the destination region. Additionally, ECR offers granular control to replicate specific repositories. You can use repository name prefixes as filters to specify which repositories to replicate. To learn more about using replication in ECR, see our https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/replication.html.

Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) now supports the ability to replicate images in private ECR repositories across accounts and/or regions, between the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Storing images helps applications start up faster as image download time is reduced due to lower latency from in-region pulls. Geographically dispersed images also help you meet backup and disaster recovery requirements for your applications. Amazon ECR Replication feature provides a simple and reliable way to replicate images, and eliminates the operational burden of manually pushing images across multiple regions and accounts. With a few clicks in the Amazon ECR Console, or using the Amazon CLI, you can specify the destination account and/or region for a source repository. Once replication is turned on, ECR will automatically replicate all new images pushed in source repository to the destination region. Additionally, ECR offers granular control to replicate specific repositories. You can use repository name prefixes as filters to specify which repositories to replicate. To learn more about using replication in ECR, see our documentation.

Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) announces IPv6 support for API and Docker/OCI endpoints for both ECR and ECR Public. This makes it easier to standardize on IPv6 and remove IP address scalability limitations for your container build, deployment, and orchestration infrastructure. With today’s launch, you can pull your private or public ECR images via the AWS SDK or Docker/OCI CLI using ECR’s new dual-stack endpoints which support both IPv4 and IPv6. When you make a request to an ECR dual-stack endpoint, the endpoint resolves to an IPv4 or an IPv6 address, depending on the protocol used by your network and client. This helps you meet IPv6 compliance requirements, and modernize your applications without expensive network address translation between IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. ECR’s new dual-stack endpoints are generally available in all AWS commercial and AWS GovCloud (US) regions at no additional cost. Currently, ECR's dual-stack endpoints do not serve AWS PrivateLink traffic originating from your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). To get started with ECR IPv6, visit https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/ecr-requests.html or https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/public/public-ecr-requests.html.

Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) announces IPv6 support for API and Docker/OCI endpoints for both ECR and ECR Public. This makes it easier to standardize on IPv6 and remove IP address scalability limitations for your container build, deployment, and orchestration infrastructure. With today’s launch, you can pull your private or public ECR images via the AWS SDK or Docker/OCI CLI using ECR’s new dual-stack endpoints which support both IPv4 and IPv6. When you make a request to an ECR dual-stack endpoint, the endpoint resolves to an IPv4 or an IPv6 address, depending on the protocol used by your network and client. This helps you meet IPv6 compliance requirements, and modernize your applications without expensive network address translation between IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. ECR’s new dual-stack endpoints are generally available in all AWS commercial and AWS GovCloud (US) regions at no additional cost. Currently, ECR's dual-stack endpoints do not serve AWS PrivateLink traffic originating from your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). To get started with ECR IPv6, visit ECR documentation or ECR Public documentation.

Amazon ECR repository policies are a subset of IAM policies that are scoped for, and specifically used for, controlling access to individual Amazon ECR repositories. IAM policies are generally used to...

Amazon ECR announces ECR to ECR pull through cache, a capability that allows customers to automatically sync container images between two ECR private registries, existing across AWS regions and/or accounts. This enables customers to benefit from the reduced latency of pulling cached images in-region. With today’s release, Amazon ECR makes it easier for customers to optimize storage costs by providing a simple and reliable way to store local copies of only the images that are pulled across regions/accounts. As customers grow, they often have container deployments spread across multiple AWS regions. Storing images within the region of deployment improves application start-up times due to lower latency of in-region pulls. To achieve this, customers have to maintain copies of all images in every region, which is not cost-effective as many of these images are not deployed. ECR to ECR pull through cache allows customers to sync images between ECR registries in a cost-effective way by caching only the images that are pulled. Customers can now push images to their primary registry and configure pull through cache rules to cache images into downstream registries. On an image pull, ECR automatically fetches the image from upstream registry, and caches it into an automatically created repository in downstream registry for future pulls. Additionally, this feature supports frequent syncs with upstream, helping keep the cached images up to date. ECR to ECR Pull through cache is available in all AWS regions, excluding GovCloud (US) and China regions. To learn more, please visit our https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/pull-through-cache.html.

Amazon ECR announces ECR to ECR pull through cache, a capability that allows customers to automatically sync container images between two ECR private registries, existing across AWS regions and/or accounts. This enables customers to benefit from the reduced latency of pulling cached images in-region. With today’s release, Amazon ECR makes it easier for customers to optimize storage costs by providing a simple and reliable way to store local copies of only the images that are pulled across regions/accounts. As customers grow, they often have container deployments spread across multiple AWS regions. Storing images within the region of deployment improves application start-up times due to lower latency of in-region pulls. To achieve this, customers have to maintain copies of all images in every region, which is not cost-effective as many of these images are not deployed. ECR to ECR pull through cache allows customers to sync images between ECR registries in a cost-effective way by caching only the images that are pulled. Customers can now push images to their primary registry and configure pull through cache rules to cache images into downstream registries. On an image pull, ECR automatically fetches the image from upstream registry, and caches it into an automatically created repository in downstream registry for future pulls. Additionally, this feature supports frequent syncs with upstream, helping keep the cached images up to date. ECR to ECR Pull through cache is available in all AWS regions, excluding GovCloud (US) and China regions. To learn more, please visit our user guide.

Create a pull through cache rule for upstream registries that you want to sync with Amazon ECR

Create a pull through cache rule for upstream registries that you want to sync with Amazon ECR

Today, Amazon Inspector announced an upgrade to the engine powering its container image scanning for Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR). This upgrade will provide you with a more comprehensive view of the vulnerabilities in the third-party dependencies used in your container images. The enhancement to the engine will happen automatically without any action or disruption to your existing workflows. Existing customers can expect to see some findings closed as the new engine re-evaluates all the existing resources to better assess risks, while also surfacing new vulnerabilities as per the https://docs.aws.amazon.com/inspector/latest/user/sbom-generator-dependency-collection.html. https://aws.amazon.com/inspector/ is a vulnerability management service that continually scans AWS workloads including Amazon EC2 instances, container images, and AWS Lambda functions for software vulnerabilities, code vulnerabilities, and unintended network exposure across your entire AWS organization. This improved version of container image scanning within ECR is available in all commercial and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions where https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/regional-product-services/. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/inspector/latest/user/getting_started_tutorial.html https://aws.amazon.com/inspector/pricing/

Today, Amazon Inspector announced an upgrade to the engine powering its container image scanning for Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR). This upgrade will provide you with a more comprehensive view of the vulnerabilities in the third-party dependencies used in your container images. The enhancement to the engine will happen automatically without any action or disruption to your existing workflows. Existing customers can expect to see some findings closed as the new engine re-evaluates all the existing resources to better assess risks, while also surfacing new vulnerabilities as per the new engine’s dependency collection. Amazon Inspector is a vulnerability management service that continually scans AWS workloads including Amazon EC2 instances, container images, and AWS Lambda functions for software vulnerabilities, code vulnerabilities, and unintended network exposure across your entire AWS organization. This improved version of container image scanning within ECR is available in all commercial and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions where Amazon Inspector is available. Getting started with Amazon Inspector Amazon Inspector free trial

You can sync the contents of an upstream registry with your Amazon ECR private registry.

Today, Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) announces registry policy v2 which now supports managing IAM permissions for all ECR API actions. This new registry policy makes it easier for customers to control usage of ECR capabilities within their accounts. ECR registry policy allows customers to control usage of ECR private registries by granting permissions to perform registry-level actions to an AWS IAM principal. Registry policy version 1 (v1), only supported three actions: ReplicateImage, BatchImportUpstreamImage, and CreateRepository. Now, the new registry policy version 2 (v2) supports every ECR action. Using registry policy v2 makes it easier for customers to control permissions across all repositories in an ECR registry, allowing them to improve their security posture and save time versus configuring permissions individually across multiple repositories. ECR registry policy v2 is now available for all ECR registries in all AWS commercial regions. You can migrate from registry policy v1 to v2 using the ECR management console or with the new ECR https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/APIReference/API_PutAccountSetting.html API. New ECR accounts will automatically use registry policy v2. To learn more about ECR’s registry policy and permissions, see our https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/registry-permissions.html.  

Today, Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) announces registry policy v2 which now supports managing IAM permissions for all ECR API actions. This new registry policy makes it easier for customers to control usage of ECR capabilities within their accounts. ECR registry policy allows customers to control usage of ECR private registries by granting permissions to perform registry-level actions to an AWS IAM principal. Registry policy version 1 (v1), only supported three actions: ReplicateImage, BatchImportUpstreamImage, and CreateRepository. Now, the new registry policy version 2 (v2) supports every ECR action. Using registry policy v2 makes it easier for customers to control permissions across all repositories in an ECR registry, allowing them to improve their security posture and save time versus configuring permissions individually across multiple repositories. ECR registry policy v2 is now available for all ECR registries in all AWS commercial regions. You can migrate from registry policy v1 to v2 using the ECR management console or with the new ECR put-account-setting API. New ECR accounts will automatically use registry policy v2. To learn more about ECR’s registry policy and permissions, see our documentation.

Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) now supports a 10x increase in the default limit for repositories per region per account to 100,000, up from the previous limit of 10,000. This change better aligns with your growth needs and saves you time from not having to request limit increases till 100,000 repositories. You still have the flexibility to adjust the new limit and request additional increases if you require more than 100,000 repositories per registry. The new limit increase is already applied to your current registries and is available in all AWS commercial and Gov Cloud (US) regions. To learn more about default ECR service limits, please visit our https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/service-quotas.html. You can learn more about storing, managing and deploying container images and artifacts with Amazon ECR, including how to get started, from our https://aws.amazon.com/ecr/ and https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/what-is-ecr.html.