Diving into OCI Image and Distribution 1.1 Support in Amazon ECR
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This article discusses Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) now supporting version 1.1 of the Open Container Initiative (OCI) Image and Distribution specifications, which includes support for image referrers and enhancements for distributing non-image artifacts.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Overview of the Open Container Initiative (OCI) and how Amazon ECR implements its specifications
- Introduction of artifact support in Amazon ECR, including storing non-image content like Helm charts
- New features in OCI 1.1 like the "artifactType" field and "referrers" API for associating artifacts with images
- Example of using AWS Signer with Amazon ECR to sign and verify container images, leveraging the new OCI 1.1 referrers support
- Conclusion highlighting the benefits of the new OCI 1.1 support in Amazon ECR
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