This topic describes how to set up the VMware Harbor Registry (Harbor) image registry for VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition (TKGI).
VMware Harbor Registry is an enterprise-class image registry server that stores and distributes container images for VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition.
Harbor allows you to store and manage container images for your TKGI deployment. Deploying an image registry alongside TKGI improves image transfer speed.
As an enterprise private registry, Harbor also offers enhanced performance and improved security. By configuring Harbor with TKGI, you can apply enterprise features to your image registry, such as security, identity, and management.
You can install Harbor alongside TKGI on vSphere, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Microsoft Azure.
To use the VMware Harbor Registry with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition:
To install Harbor, do the following:
Before you can push images to Harbor, you must do the following:
After you configure Harbor, you can do the following:
For more information about managing images in Harbor, see the Working with Images, Tags, and Helm Charts in the Harbor documentation.
As a Harbor administrator, you can manage the following in the Harbor portal:
For more information about managing Harbor as an administrator, see Harbor Administration in the Harbor documentation.