Can we create folders in ACR Repository on azure portal ?

Question

Can we create folders within the repository on ACR? For example, my product ABC has components like UI, API, and Notification. I want to create a folder named ABC, with all these components inside it.

Answer 1

Hi J Kumar,

u can't literally create folders in acr like u would in a file explorer. BUT )) and this is a big but from caps B ::)) u can simulate folders by using forward slashes in ur image names! it's kinda clever how they designed it.

when u push an image to acr, u can name it like this "abc/ui:v1" or "abc/api:latest". the portal will then display it like a folder structure even tho technically it's all flat underneath. pretty neat, right? )

actually microsoft explains this in their docs https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-registry/container-registry-best-practices#repository-namespaces). they call it "repository namespaces" but don't let the fancy term scare u it's just folders by another name ))

to make ur abc structure, u'd do something like

build and tag ur ui component as "abc/ui:v1"

tag ur api as "abc/api:v1"

push them all to the same registry

when u look in azure portal later u'll see a collapsible "abc" folder with all ur components inside. the portal even shows little folder icons to make it extra clear )

if u're using docker, the commands would look like docker tag my-ui-image myacr.azurecr.io/abc/ui:v1 docker push myacr.azurecr.io/abc/ui:v1

and thanks for asking this on the q&a! it's actually a super common question that trips up lots of folks when they start with acr. the whole "fake folders" thing isn't obvious until u stumble upon it :)

one last thing while u can nest "folders" multiple levels deep (like "abc/dev/ui:v1"), try not to go too crazy with it.

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Alex
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Answer 2

Hi,

In general container registry does not have concept like folders as it is not storage service like storage account. You can put artifacts in container registry in different namespaces (like folders). These namespaces if they do not exist are created when you publish artifact to the container registry. When you publish artifact you can provide path which can contain the namespace in which the artifact/image is published. Repository namespaces.

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