August 6th, 2024

Introducing private registry support in Azure Deployment Environments

Sagar Chandra Reddy Lankala
Principal Product Manager

As the cloud landscape continues to evolve, there is growing need for secure, customizable tools for provisioning application infrastructure to meet unique organizational requirements. Azure Deployment Environments, a flexible and powerful solution that empowers developers to easily deploy app infrastructure in a secure, compliant, and cost-effective way. And we are always adding new features and capabilities to meet the specific needs of our enterprise customers.

Today, we are excited to announce the public launch of private registry support for the extensibility model in Azure Deployment Environments. This feature allows platform engineers and development teams to use private Azure Container Registry (ACR) to host and reference the container images that define their deployment patterns, providing an increasingly secure and customizable deployment experience.

Key advantages of private registry support

The ability to host custom container images in private ACRs offers several benefits, such as:

  • Enhanced security: Protect your sensitive data and proprietary code in a controlled environment.
  • Compliance and governance: Ensure your deployments meet your internal and regulatory standards.
  • Performance and reliability: Minimize latency and ensure consistent access to your container images.

How to use private registries with Azure Deployment Environments

Private registry support builds on the extensibility model in Azure Deployment Environments, which allows you to use any popular Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) framework, including Bicep, Pulumi, or Terraform templates, to name a few. The extensibility model gives you the flexibility to precisely tailor deployment environments to your specific project needs. Now, private ACR support provides you with even more options and control.

Fortunately, using the extensibility model with private ACR is simple. All you need to do is follow these steps:

  1. Configure your own container image to define your deployment pattern.
  2. Publish your container image to a private ACR.
  3. Reference your container image in the yaml of your environment definition.
  4. Grant ACR pull permissions to the deployment identity configured for a project’s environment type.

Private registry support in Azure Deployment Environments

             Extensibility model workflow with private registry in Azure Deployment Environments

Private ACR support in Azure Deployment Environments gives you a way to further secure your customized project-specific templates. And as a result, you can achieve standardized and secure deployments while maintaining compliance and best practices across your organization.

Explore private registry support today

The addition of private registry support is part of our ongoing commitment to provide secure, flexible, and innovative solutions for your cloud deployment needs.

Learn more about how to set up private ACRs and explore the full capabilities of Azure Deployment Environments by checking out our official documentation.

And stay tuned for more updates as we continue to enhance Azure Deployment Environments to help you confidently harness the full potential of Azure for secure, customized deployments.

Author

Sagar Chandra Reddy Lankala
Principal Product Manager

Sagar is a Product Manager on the Dev Productivity Services team at Microsoft, currently focusing on pioneering products like Azure Deployment Environments, Microsoft Dev Box, and Azure DevTest Labs. With over 12 years of experience in creating innovative products, Sagar is passionate about empowering developers and enhancing business performance. Sagar champions a seamless digital feedback loop, fostering a strong connection between end-users and product teams—a philosophy essential for ...

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  • PodPilot

    Great to see Azure introducing support for private registries in deployment environments! This is a game-changer for maintaining security and compliance while managing container images. The ability to integrate Azure Container Registries directly into the deployment process will significantly streamline workflows and enhance performance. Looking forward to seeing how this feature evolves and integrates with other Azure services.