Compare Mirantis Secure Registry vs. Red Hat Quay

Public container registries are hosted out in the open, while many private registries operate from providers’ clouds. Mirantis Secure Registry works where you need it—including on your clusters themselves, putting you back in control. Mirantis Secure Registry is an enterprise-grade container registry that can be easily integrated with standard Kubernetes distributions to provide the core of an effective secure software supply chain. Role-based access control Integrate with internal user directories to implement fine-grained access policies. Synchronize multiple repositories for separation of concerns from development through production. Image scanning Continuously scan images at the binary level and check against a regularly updated CVE vulnerability database. Image signing Developers and CI tools can digitally sign contents and publishers of images, so downstream users and automation tools can verify image authenticity before running. Caching and mirroring Mirror and cache container image repositories to avoid network bottlenecks and make images available across multiple sites for distributed teams and production environments. Image lifecycle Automatically clean up images based on policy controls.

Red Hat® Quay is a container image registry that facilitates the storage, creation, distribution, and deployment of containers. It enhances the security of your image repositories through automation, authentication, and authorization mechanisms. Quay can be utilized within OpenShift or as an independent solution. You can manage access to the registry using a variety of identity and authentication providers, which also allows for team and organization mapping. A detailed permissions system aligns with your organizational hierarchy, ensuring appropriate access levels. Transport layer security encryption ensures secure communication between Quay.io and your servers automatically. Additionally, integrate vulnerability detection tools, such as Clair, to perform automatic scans of your container images, and receive notifications regarding any identified vulnerabilities. This setup helps optimize your continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline by utilizing build triggers, git hooks, and robot accounts. For further transparency, you can audit your CI pipeline by monitoring both API and user interface actions, thereby maintaining oversight of operations. In this way, Quay not only secures your container images but also streamlines your development processes.