Container to Artifact registry migration

[gruby]

Hi, 

I followed the automatic migration from the gcloud tool to migrate all the images along with the image path to the Artifact registry. What does it mean that gcr.io repos will now be redirected to Artifact Registry

Question: 

1. Is this a permanent solution? Or is this a quick and temporary solution, and ultimately, we must use a different image path in our deployment pipeline? 

[ronnelg · Accepted solution]

Hi @gruby, 

Welcome to Google Cloud Community!

Yes, this is a permanent solution as Container Registry will be deprecated on March 18, 2025. Artifact Registry is the recommended service for container image storage and management on Google Cloud. It provides the same container management features as Container Registry and includes additional features and benefits. 

When deploying images, you need to change the image path in your deployment configuration and deployment commands as the Artifact Registry hostnames are different from Container Registry hostnames.

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[ronnelg · Accepted solution]

Hi @gruby, 

Welcome to Google Cloud Community!

Yes, this is a permanent solution as Container Registry will be deprecated on March 18, 2025. Artifact Registry is the recommended service for container image storage and management on Google Cloud. It provides the same container management features as Container Registry and includes additional features and benefits. 

When deploying images, you need to change the image path in your deployment configuration and deployment commands as the Artifact Registry hostnames are different from Container Registry hostnames.

Was this helpful? If so, please accept this answer as “Solution”. If you need additional assistance, reply here within 2 business days and I’ll be happy to help.

[jkolb · Accepted solution]

You do NOT need to change the image paths when using gcr.io repos in AR and can keep using the same hostnames as GCR. This is the primary benefit of gcr.io repos (https://cloud.google.com/artifact-registry/docs/transition/gcr-repositories)

[gruby]

Thanks @ronnelg. This was helpful. One more query: Even when we used the automatic migration tool, which redirects the path to the artifact registry, we need to change the path?