olareg

On the record

Access control

Authentication configuration supports users, groups, and repository ACLs with read, write, and delete access options.olareg.org · read 11 Oct 2026

Artifact signatures

The installation guide says binaries and container images are signed with cosign and provides verification commands.olareg.org · read 11 Oct 2026

Authentication

The documentation describes basic authentication and opaque token authentication; opaque tokens expire after five minutes.olareg.org · read 11 Oct 2026

Container setup

The installation guide provides Docker commands for persistent storage and for an ephemeral in-memory registry.olareg.org · read 11 Oct 2026

Dependencies

The project avoids external dependencies and is designed for embedding in unit tests or deployment in an edge environment as a cache.olareg.org · read 11 Oct 2026

Deployment

olareg can be deployed as a container image, a standalone binary, or used as a Go package.olareg.org · read 11 Oct 2026

Limits

Opaque authentication tokens expire after five minutes and require clients to reauthenticate periodically.olareg.org · read 4 Oct 2026

Maker

The opened olareg pages identify the project and its documentation but do not state a maker organization, headquarters, or founding date.olareg.org · read 11 Oct 2026

Password handling

The auth guide says user passwords are stored as bcrypt hashes generated with a salt.olareg.org · read 11 Oct 2026

Product

olareg is a minimal OCI conformant container registry designed around the OCI Layout structure for storing images in a directory.olareg.org · read 11 Oct 2026

Purpose

olareg is a minimal OCI conformant container registry designed around the OCI Layout structure for storing images in a directory.olareg.org · read 4 Oct 2026

Release artifacts

The GitHub releases page lists Darwin amd64 and arm64 binaries and says the v0.2.2 release added linux/riscv64 artifacts.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026

Security

The documentation advises configuring authentication on publicly facing installs that are not read-only.olareg.org · read 4 Oct 2026

Security guidance

The installation guide recommends configuring authentication for publicly facing installs that are not read-only.olareg.org · read 11 Oct 2026

Signing

The project says its binaries and images are signed with cosign and provides instructions for verifying signatures.olareg.org · read 4 Oct 2026

Storage

It supports directory storage and ephemeral in-memory storage.olareg.org · read 4 Oct 2026

Storage portability

The GitHub project page says OCI Layout storage makes content portable and easy to preload.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Target use

The project describes use in unit tests and deployment in an edge environment as a cache.olareg.org · read 4 Oct 2026

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