moby--moby/docs/sources/terms/registry.md

page_title: Registry page_description: Definition of an Registry page_keywords: containers, lxc, concepts, explanation, image, repository, container

Registry

Introduction

A Registry is a hosted service containing repositories of images which responds to the Registry API.

The default registry can be accessed using a browser at http://images.docker.io or using the sudo docker search command.

Further Reading

For more information see Working with Repositories