Enable Artifact Cache - Azure CLI

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10/31/2023

This article is part three of a six-part tutorial series. Part one provides an overview of Artifact Cache, its features, benefits, and limitations. Part two, you learn how to enable Artifact Cache feature by using the Azure portal. This article walks you through the steps of enabling Artifact Cache by using the Azure CLI without authentication.

Prerequisites

You can use the Azure Cloud Shell or a local installation of the Azure CLI to run the command examples in this article. If you'd like to use it locally, version 2.46.0 or later is required. Run az --version to find the version. If you need to install or upgrade, see Install Azure CLI.

Configure Artifact Cache - Azure CLI

Follow the steps to create a Cache rule without using the Credentials.

Create a Cache rule

Run az acr Cache create command to create a Cache rule.
- For example, to create a Cache rule without the credentials for a given MyRegistry Azure Container Registry.
```
az acr Cache create -r MyRegistry -n MyRule -s docker.io/library/ubuntu -t ubuntu-
```
Run az acr Cache show command to show a Cache rule.
- For example, to show a Cache rule for a given MyRegistry Azure Container Registry.
```
 az acr Cache show -r MyRegistry -n MyRule
```

Pull your image

Pull the image from your cache using the Docker command by the registry login server name, repository name, and its desired tag.
- For example, to pull the image from the repository hello-world with its desired tag latest for a given registry login server myregistry.azurecr.io.
```
 docker pull myregistry.azurecr.io/hello-world:latest
```

Clean up the resources

Run az acr Cache list command to list the Cache rules in the Azure Container Registry.
- For example, to list the Cache rules for a given MyRegistry Azure Container Registry.
```
 az acr Cache list -r MyRegistry
```
Run az acr Cache delete command to delete a Cache rule.
- For example, to delete a Cache rule for a given MyRegistry Azure Container Registry.
```
az acr Cache delete -r MyRegistry -n MyRule
```

Next steps

To enable Artifact Cache with authentication using the Azure CLI advance to the next article Enable Artifact Cache - Azure CLI.