Harbor
Harbor is an open-source, cloud-native container registry that secures artifacts with policies and role-based access control, ensures images are scanned for vulnerabilities, and signs images as trusted. It extends the open-source Docker Distribution with enterprise-grade features, providing a…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2016
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Harbor addresses the lack of enterprise-grade security, governance, and management features in basic container registries. It provides a robust, private artifact registry that enables organizations to store, sign, scan, and manage container images securely, enforcing policies like content trust, vulnerability scanning, and replication, which are crucial for regulated industries and large-scale deployments.
- Platforms
- Docker Engine, VMware vSphere, Kubernetes, Linux
Related technologies
Notable users
- Huawei Cloud
- Many enterprises leveraging Kubernetes for private cloud deployments
- VMware
- Alibaba Cloud