Pre-requisite
Before proceeding, we must need to have following prerequisites:
- AWS Account to access Amazon ECR
- To access and manage Amazon ECR resources, ensure IAM user or role has the necessary permissions.
- Docker installed on your local machine to build and push Docker images to Amazon ECR.
- Docker image that you wish to push to AWS ECR.
- AWS CLI to Authenticate with Amazon ECR.
How to Manage Storage and Costs in Amazon ECR?
In the past, developers would often get frustrated as they sought to run their code from their local machines into the production environment. to run their code from their local machines into the production environment. This resulted from having different setups of software in the production environment or even versions that could cause conflicts. However, later on, a new development emerged in the form of containers and images, which made things easier. Developers were able to package everything necessary for running a program together with its code in a way that works the same way everywhere. This is what containers and images did for developers, where they could take everything that their code depends on and send it along for the ride.
Amazon ECR is an AWS-managed container registry that makes it easy to store, share, and manage container software across different environments.
Thanks to Amazon ECR, one can rest assured that his/her images and artifacts are available whenever they want them, which will ultimately help simplify deployment processes.
Furthermore, this platform offers clear pricing conditions without any initial payments or long-term commitments. Customers pay only for data storage in repositories and network data transfers. Regardless of whether it is a public or private repository, Amazon ECR offers a hassle-free experience with flexible billing options adapted to individual usage patterns.
The Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) is also an effective and secure way of keeping Docker container images that are used for storage. As the use of containerized applications increases day by day, optimizing Amazon ECR storage and controlling costs becomes very essential.