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Initial version of user documentation of container registry

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- [Profile Settings](profile/README.md)
- [Project Services](project_services/project_services.md) Integrate a project with external services, such as CI and chat.
- [Public access](public_access/public_access.md) Learn how you can allow public and internal access to projects.
- [Container Registry](container-registry/README.md) Learn how to use GitLab Container Registry.
- [SSH](ssh/README.md) Setup your ssh keys and deploy keys for secure access to your projects.
- [Webhooks](web_hooks/web_hooks.md) Let GitLab notify you when new code has been pushed to your project.
- [Workflow](workflow/README.md) Using GitLab functionality and importing projects from GitHub and SVN.
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# GitLab Container Registry
> **Note:**
This feature was [introduced][ce-4040] in GitLab 8.8.
With the Docker Container Registry integrated into GitLab, every project can
have its own space to store its Docker images.
You can read more about Docker Registry at https://docs.docker.com/registry/introduction/.
You can read more about administering GitLab Container Registry on [GitLab Container Registry Administration](../administration/container_registry.md)
---
## Start using Container Registry
1. First ask your system administrator to enable GitLab Container Registry following the [administration documentation](../administration/container_registry.md).
2. Go to project settings and enable `Container Registry` feature on your project:
![](project_feature.png)
3. Login to Container Registry with your credentials:
```
docker login registry.example.com
```
## Build and push images
Your registry is accessible under address configured via `registry_external_url`.
To start using it you need to first build and publish images:
```
docker build -t registry.example.com/group/project .
docker push registry.example.com/group/project
```
## Use images from GitLab Container Registry
To download and run container from images hosted in GitLab Container Registry use `docker run`:
```
docker run [options] registry.example.com/group/project [arguments]
```
## Control Container Registry from GitLab
GitLab offers simple Container Registry management. Go to your project and click **Container Registry**.
This view will show you all tags in your repository and will easily allow you to delete them.
![](container_registry.png)
## Build and push images using GitLab CI
> **Note:**
This feature requires GitLab 8.8 and GitLab Runner 1.2.
Make sure that your GitLab Runner is configured to allow building docker images.
You have to check the [Using Docker Build](../../ci/docker/using_docker_build.md).
You can use [docker:dind](https://hub.docker.com/_/docker/) to build your images.
This is how the `.gitlab-ci.yml` looks like:
```
build_image:
image: docker:git
services:
- docker:dind
stage: build
script:
- docker login -u gitlab-ci-token -p $CI_BUILD_TOKEN registry.gitlab.com
- docker build -t registry.gitlab.com/group/project:latest .
- docker push registry.gitlab.com/group/project:latest
```
You have to use special credentials `gitlab-ci-token` with password stored in `$CI_BUILD_TOKEN` in order to push to registry connected to your project.
This allows you to automated building and deployment of your images.
## Limitations
In order to use container image from private project as an `image:` in your `.gitlab-ci.yml` you have to follow
[Using a private Docker Registry](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ci-multi-runner/blob/master/docs/configuration/advanced-configuration.md#using-a-private-docker-registry).
This workflow will be simplified in the future.
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