SUSE Private Registry

Spec sheet

Purpose

SUSE Private Registry is an on-premises container registry designed for SUSE customers and integration with other SUSE products.Read 11 Oct 2026 · documentation.suse.com

Deployment

It is delivered as OCI containers and is expected to run on a Kubernetes cluster, with Helm used for installation and management.Read 11 Oct 2026 · documentation.suse.com

Support

SUSE states that the product follows the same support policy as other Rancher Prime add-ons.Read 11 Oct 2026 · documentation.suse.com

Headquarters

Luxembourg, LuxembourgRead 28 Sep 2026 · documentation.suse.com

Founded

1992Read 28 Sep 2026 · documentation.suse.com

Access controls

The registry includes authentication, authorization, and role-based access control.Read 11 Oct 2026 · documentation.suse.com

Harbor foundation

The product is based on the Harbor project and includes Harbor’s core features.Read 11 Oct 2026 · documentation.suse.com

Hardened images

SUSE says its registry container images are hardened, based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Base Container Images, signed with Cosign, and published with SLSA attestations.Read 11 Oct 2026 · documentation.suse.com

High availability

High availability requires separately provided HA PostgreSQL, Valkey or Redis, persistent storage or supported object storage, and an HA ingress controller or load balancer.Read 11 Oct 2026 · documentation.suse.com

Image signing

The registry can store, distribute, and verify Cosign signatures, but it does not sign images itself and Notary is not included or supported.Read 11 Oct 2026 · documentation.suse.com

Rancher identity

The documentation describes configuring Rancher as an OIDC identity provider so users can authenticate to the registry with Rancher credentials.Read 11 Oct 2026 · documentation.suse.com

Registry management

Administrators can use a web interface or command line to manage settings, users, project quotas, read-only mode, and image replication.Read 11 Oct 2026 · documentation.suse.com

Replication

It supports policy-based pull and push replication across multiple Private Registry deployments.Read 11 Oct 2026 · documentation.suse.com

Requirements

The documented prerequisites include Kubernetes 1.33, 1.34 or 1.35, Helm 3.2.0 or later, persistent volume provisioner support, and an active subscription.Read 11 Oct 2026 · documentation.suse.com

Subscription access

Installation requires a qualifying subscription and SUSE Customer Center mirroring credentials; SUSE lists Rancher Suite and the SUSE Private Registry Add-on as examples.Read 11 Oct 2026 · documentation.suse.com

Vulnerability scanning

Trivy is included for image vulnerability scanning, and SUSE Security can be added or used instead.Read 11 Oct 2026 · documentation.suse.com

Plans and prices

Every SUSE Private Registry plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Container Registries#42 of 607.0