Azure Container Registry

Azure Container Registry is a managed Docker registry service based on the open-source Docker Registry for storing and managing private container images and artifacts. It supports automated container image builds, geo-replication, and integrates with Azure Kubernetes Service and other Azure deployment targets.

Azure Container Registry publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Operation API, Registries API, Replications API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Azure, Container Images, Containers, Docker, and Registry.

The Azure Container Registry catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Azure Container Registry’s developer surface includes developer portal, support, authentication, documentation, getting-started guide, pricing, engineering blog, and 13 more developer resources.

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scored 2026-09-25 · rubric v0.23.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

1 APIs

Azure Container Images Containers Docker Registry

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scored 2026-09-25 · rubric v0.23.0

Composite quality — 50.9/100 · developing

Contract Quality 9.5 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 7.5 / 15

Access Clarity 9.1 / 15

Operational Transparency 2.6 / 10

Contract Governance 2.5 / 9

Discoverability 4.8 / 8

Regulatory Posture 6.0 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 8

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Azure Container Registry Operation API

The Operation API from Azure Container Registry — 2 operation(s) for operation.

Azure Container Registry Registries API

The Registries API from Azure Container Registry — 7 operation(s) for registries.

Azure Container Registry Replications API

The Replications API from Azure Container Registry — 2 operation(s) for replications.

Azure Container Registry Webhooks API

The Webhooks API from Azure Container Registry — 5 operation(s) for webhooks.

Azure Container Registry Blobs API

The Blobs API from microsoft-azure-container-registry — 1 operation(s) for blobs.

Azure Container Registry Manifests API

The Manifests API from microsoft-azure-container-registry — 1 operation(s) for manifests.

Azure Container Registry Repositories API

The Repositories API from microsoft-azure-container-registry — 1 operation(s) for repositories.

Azure Container Registry Tags API

The Tags API from microsoft-azure-container-registry — 1 operation(s) for tags.

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Open Collections 5

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

ContainerRegistryManagementClient Operation API

OPEN COLLECTION

ContainerRegistryManagementClient Operation Registries API

OPEN COLLECTION

ContainerRegistryManagementClient Operation Replications API

OPEN COLLECTION

ContainerRegistryManagementClient Operation Webhooks API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Azure Container Registry Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Azure Container Registry Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Azure Container Registry Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Azure Container Registry Context

22 classes · 52 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Azure Container Registry API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Azure Container Registry API Rules

18 rules · 5 errors 9 warnings 4 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 29

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Actor

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CallbackConfig

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

EncryptionProperty

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

EventContent

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

EventInfo

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

EventListResult

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

EventRequestMessage

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

EventResponseMessage

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Event

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

IdentityProperties

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ImportImageParameters

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ImportSourceCredentials

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ImportSource

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

IPRule

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

KeyVaultProperties

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

NetworkRuleSet

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OperationDefinition

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OperationDisplayDefinition

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OperationMetricSpecificationDefinition

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OperationPropertiesDefinition

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OperationServiceSpecificationDefinition

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Policies

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

QuarantinePolicy

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

RegenerateCredentialParameters

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

RegistryListCredentialsResult

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

RegistryListResult

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

RegistryNameCheckRequest

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

RegistryNameStatus

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Registry

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 29

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Azure Container Registry Actor Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Callback Config Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Encryption Property Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Event Content Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Event Info Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Event List Result Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Event Request Message Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Event Response Message Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Event Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Identity Properties Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Import Image Parameters Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Import Source Credentials Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Import Source Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Ip Rule Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Key Vault Properties Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Network Rule Set Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Operation Definition Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Operation Display Definition Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Operation Metric Specification Definition Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Operation Properties Definition Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Operation Service Specification Definition Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Policies Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Quarantine Policy Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Regenerate Credential Parameters Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Registry List Credentials Result Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Registry List Result Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Registry Name Check Request Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Registry Name Status Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Registry Registry Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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Examples 29

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Azure Container Registry Actor Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Callback Config Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Encryption Property Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Event Content Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Event Example

0 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Event Info Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Event List Result Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Event Request Message Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Event Response Message Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Identity Properties Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Import Image Parameters Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Import Source Credentials Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Import Source Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Ip Rule Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Key Vault Properties Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Network Rule Set Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Operation Definition Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Operation Display Definition Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Operation Metric Specification Definition Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Operation Properties Definition Example

0 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Operation Service Specification Definition Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Policies Example

0 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Quarantine Policy Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Regenerate Credential Parameters Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Registry Example

0 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Registry List Credentials Result Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Registry List Result Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Registry Name Check Request Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Registry Registry Name Status Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Azure Container Registry Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Azure Container Registry Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Azure Container Registry Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Azure Container Registry Scopes

1 scope · implicit

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Azure Container Registry Agentic Access

25 operations · 16 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Signup

Signup

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

JSONLD

JSONLD

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

StatusPage

StatusPage

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Pricing

Pricing

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: azure-container-registry
name: Azure Container Registry
description: Azure Container Registry is a managed Docker registry service based on the open-source Docker Registry for storing
  and managing private container images and artifacts. It supports automated container image builds, geo-replication, and
  integrates with Azure Kubernetes Service and other Azure deployment targets.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/azure-container-registry.png
tags:
- Azure
- Container Images
- Containers
- Docker
- Registry
url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/container-registry
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: azure-container-registry:azure-container-registry-operation-api
  name: Azure Container Registry Operation API
  description: The Operation API from Azure Container Registry — 2 operation(s) for operation.
  humanURL: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/container-registry
  tags:
  - Operation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-container-registry-operation-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-registry/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-registry/container-registry-get-started-portal
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/container-registry/
- aid: azure-container-registry:azure-container-registry-registries-api
  name: Azure Container Registry Registries API
  description: The Registries API from Azure Container Registry — 7 operation(s) for registries.
  humanURL: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/container-registry
  tags:
  - Registries
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-container-registry-registries-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-registry/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-registry/container-registry-get-started-portal
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/container-registry/
- aid: azure-container-registry:azure-container-registry-replications-api
  name: Azure Container Registry Replications API
  description: The Replications API from Azure Container Registry — 2 operation(s) for replications.
  humanURL: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/container-registry
  tags:
  - Replications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-container-registry-replications-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-registry/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-registry/container-registry-get-started-portal
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/container-registry/
- aid: azure-container-registry:azure-container-registry-webhooks-api
  name: Azure Container Registry Webhooks API
  description: The Webhooks API from Azure Container Registry — 5 operation(s) for webhooks.
  humanURL: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/container-registry
  tags:
  - Webhook
  tags_raw:
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-container-registry-webhooks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-registry/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-registry/container-registry-get-started-portal
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/container-registry/
- aid: microsoft-azure-container-registry:microsoft-azure-container-registry-blobs-api
  name: Azure Container Registry Blobs API
  description: The Blobs API from microsoft-azure-container-registry — 1 operation(s) for blobs.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/containerregistry/
  baseURL: https://{registry}.azurecr.io/
  tags:
  - Blobs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-container-registry-blobs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/containerregistry/
- aid: microsoft-azure-container-registry:microsoft-azure-container-registry-manifests-api
  name: Azure Container Registry Manifests API
  description: The Manifests API from microsoft-azure-container-registry — 1 operation(s) for manifests.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/containerregistry/
  baseURL: https://{registry}.azurecr.io/
  tags:
  - Manifests
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-container-registry-manifests-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/containerregistry/
- aid: microsoft-azure-container-registry:microsoft-azure-container-registry-repositories-api
  name: Azure Container Registry Repositories API
  description: The Repositories API from microsoft-azure-container-registry — 1 operation(s) for repositories.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/containerregistry/
  baseURL: https://{registry}.azurecr.io/
  tags:
  - Repositories
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-container-registry-repositories-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/containerregistry/
- aid: microsoft-azure-container-registry:microsoft-azure-container-registry-tags-api
  name: Azure Container Registry Tags API
  description: The Tags API from microsoft-azure-container-registry — 1 operation(s) for tags.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/containerregistry/
  baseURL: https://{registry}.azurecr.io/
  tags:
  - Tags
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-container-registry-tags-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/containerregistry/
common:
- type: Portal
  url: https://portal.azure.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
- type: Support
  url: https://support.microsoft.com/
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/azure-container-registry-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/azure-container-registry-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/azure-container-registry-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/azure-container-registry-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/azure-container-registry-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/container-registry
- type: Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-registry/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-registry/container-registry-get-started-portal
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Azure
- type: Pricing
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/container-registry/
- type: Blog
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.azure.com/
- type: Signup
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/
- type: SpectralRules
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/azure-container-registry/refs/heads/main/rules/azure-container-registry-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/azure-container-registry/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/azure-container-registry-vocabulary.yaml
- type: JSONLD
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/azure-container-registry/refs/heads/main/json-ld/azure-container-registry-context.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-parent: microsoft-azure
x-relationship: product

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