Getting started with Cloud Registry

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Updated at August 10, 2026

Use this guide to create your first registry and try your hand at managing Docker images.

Getting started

To create a registry, you will need a folder in Yandex Cloud. If you do not have any folders yet, create one before creating a registry:

In the management console, in the top panel, click or and select the cloud.
To the right of the cloud name, click .
Select Create folder.
Give your folder a name. The naming requirements are as follows:
- Length: between 3 and 63 characters.
- It can only contain lowercase Latin letters, numbers, and hyphens.
- It must start with a letter and cannot end with a hyphen.
Optionally, specify the description for your folder.
Select Create a default network. This will create a network with subnets in each availability zone. Within this network, you will also have a default security group, within which all network traffic will be allowed.
Click Create.

To work with Cloud Registry and Docker images:

Install the Yandex Cloud CLI and configure Docker.
Create a registry in Cloud Registry.
Get authenticated in Cloud Registry.
Pull a Docker image from Docker Hub:
```
docker pull ubuntu
```
Assign the pulled Docker image a tag in this format: registry.yandexcloud.net/<registry_ID>/<Docker_image_name>:<tag>:
```
docker tag ubuntu \
registry.yandexcloud.net/<registry_ID>/ubuntu:hello
```

Push the Docker image to the repository Cloud Registry:

docker push \
registry.yandexcloud.net/<registry_ID>/ubuntu:hello

Run the Docker image:

docker run \
registry.yandexcloud.net/<registry_ID>/ubuntu:hello