Document history
The following table describes the important changes to the documentation since the last release of Amazon ECR. We also update the documentation frequently to address the feedback that you send us.
| Change | Description | Date |
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Amazon ECR lifecycle policy update to add support for using wildcards |
Amazon ECR added support for wildcards in a lifecycle policy through the
use of the |
18 December 2023 |
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Amazon ECR repository creation templates |
Amazon ECR added support for repository creation templates. For more information, see Manage your repository creation templates. |
15 November 2023 |
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Amazon ECR pull through cache added supported for authenticated upstream registries |
Amazon ECR added support for using upstream registries that require authentication for your pull through cache rules. For more information, see Using pull through cache rules. |
15 November 2023 |
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AWSECRPullThroughCache_ServiceRolePolicy – Update to an existing policy |
Amazon ECR added new permissions to the
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November 15, 2023 |
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Amazon ECR image signing |
Amazon ECR and AWS Signer added support for creating and pushing container image signatures using the Notary client. For more information, see Signing an image. |
6 June 2023 |
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Added Kubernetes container registry to pull through cache rules |
Amazon ECR added support for creating pull through cache rules for the Kubernetes container registry. For more information, see Using pull through cache rules. |
1 June 2023 |
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Amazon ECR enhanced scanning duration support |
Amazon Inspector added support for setting the duration that your repositories are monitored for when enhanced scanning is enabled. For more information, see Changing the enhanced scanning duration. |
28 June 2022 |
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Amazon ECR sends repository pull count metrics to Amazon CloudWatch |
Amazon ECR sends repository pull count metrics to Amazon CloudWatch. For more information, see Amazon ECR repository metrics. |
6 January 2022 |
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Expanded replication support |
Amazon ECR added support for filtering which repositories are replicated. For more information, see Private image replication. |
21 September 2021 |
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AWS managed policies for Amazon ECR |
Amazon ECR added documentation of AWS managed policies. For more information, see AWS managed policies for Amazon Elastic Container Registry. |
24 June 2021 |
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Cross-Region and cross-account replication |
Amazon ECR added support for configuring replication settings for your private registry. For more information, see Private registry settings. |
8 December 2020 |
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OCI artifact support |
Amazon ECR added support for pushing and pulling Open Container Initiative
(OCI) artifacts. A new parameter For more information, see Pushing a Helm chart. |
24 August 2020 |
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Encryption at rest |
Amazon ECR added support for configuring encryption for your repositories using server-side encryption with customer managed keys stored in AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS). For more information, see Encryption at rest. |
29 July 2020 |
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Multi-architecture images |
Amazon ECR added support for creating and pushing Docker manifest lists which are used for multi-architecture images. For more information, see Pushing a multi-architecture image. |
28 April 2020 |
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Amazon ECR Usage Metrics |
Amazon ECR added CloudWatch usage metrics which provides visiblity into your account's resource usage. You also have the ability to create CloudWatch alarms from both the CloudWatch and Service Quotas consoles to get alerts when your usage approaches your applied service quota. For more information, see Amazon ECR usage metrics. |
28 Feb 2020 |
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Updated Amazon ECR service quotas |
Updated the Amazon ECR service quotas to include per-API quotas. For more information, see Amazon ECR service quotas. |
19 Feb 2020 |
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Added |
Added support for get-login-password, which provides a simple and secure method for retrieving an authorization token. For more information, see Using an authorization token. |
4 Feb 2020 |
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Image Scanning |
Added support for image scanning, which helps in identifying software vulnerabilities in your container images. Amazon ECR uses the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) database from the open source CoreOS Clair project and provides you with a list of scan findings. For more information, see Image scanning. |
24 Oct 2019 |
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VPC Endpoint Policy |
Added support for setting an IAM policy on the Amazon ECR interface VPC endpoints. For more information, see Create an endpoint policy for your Amazon ECR VPC endpoints. |
26 Sept 2019 |
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Image Tag Mutability |
Added support for configuring a repository to be immutable to prevent image tags from being overwritten. For more information, see Image tag mutability. |
25 July 2019 |
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Interface VPC Endpoints (AWS PrivateLink) |
Added support for configuring interface VPC endpoints powered by AWS PrivateLink. This allows you to create a private connection between your VPC and Amazon ECR without requiring access over the internet, through a NAT instance, a VPN connection, or AWS Direct Connect. For more information, see Amazon ECR interface VPC endpoints (AWS PrivateLink). |
25 Jan 2019 |
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Resource tagging |
Amazon ECR added support for adding metadata tags to your repositories. For more information, see Tagging a private repository. |
18 Dec 2018 |
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Amazon ECR Name Change |
Amazon Elastic Container Registry is renamed (previously Amazon EC2 Container Registry). | 21 Nov 2017 |
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Lifecycle Policies |
Amazon ECR lifecycle policies enable you to specify the lifecycle management of images in a repository. For more information, see Lifecycle policies. |
11 Oct 2017 |
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Amazon ECR support for Docker image manifest 2, schema 2 |
Amazon ECR now supports Docker Image Manifest V2 Schema 2 (used with Docker version 1.10 and newer). For more information, see Container image manifest formats. |
27 Jan 2017 |
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Amazon ECR General Availability |
Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) is a managed AWS Docker registry service that is secure, scalable, and reliable. |
21 Dec 2015 |
