Distributing Container Images
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_the action of sharing something out among a number of recipients.
Distribution, or sharing of container images, is just as important as building them in the first place. If you can’t easily distribute your container, we lose a lot of the benefits we outlined in the first place.
Generally, you can think of distribution as having different components. I should be able to easily:
- share: the container images that I create, across hosts, institutions, and time zones.
- search: I should be able to find the container that I’m looking for.
- obtain: If I find a container, and given I have permission to do so, I should be able to get it
- verify: that the container I requested is the one that I wanted, and not some malicious entity.
Generally, a distribution comes down to a strategy that includes software, servers, and databases to fulfill these goals. The distribution specification helps to outline a lot of the interactions to make this possible.