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Use ACR production SKU#

Reliability · Container Registry · 2020_06

ACR should use the Premium or Standard SKU for production deployments.

Description#

Azure Container Registry (ACR) provides a range of different service tiers (also known as SKUs). These service tiers provide different levels of performance and features.

Three service tiers are available: Basic, Standard, and Premium. Basic container registries are only recommended for non-production deployments. Use a minimum of Standard for production container registries.

The Premium SKU provides higher image throughput and included storage, and is required for:

  • Geo-replication
  • Availability zones
  • Private Endpoints
  • Firewall restrictions
  • Tokens and scope-maps

Recommendation#

Consider using the Premium Container Registry SKU for production deployments.

Examples#

Configure with Azure template#

To deploy registries that pass this rule:

  • Set the sku.name property to Premium or Standard.

For example:

Azure Template snippet
{
  "type": "Microsoft.ContainerRegistry/registries",
  "apiVersion": "2023-01-01-preview",
  "name": "[parameters('registryName')]",
  "location": "[parameters('location')]",
  "sku": {
    "name": "Premium"
  },
  "identity": {
    "type": "SystemAssigned"
  },
  "properties": {
    "adminUserEnabled": false,
    "policies": {
      "quarantinePolicy": {
        "status": "enabled"
      },
      "trustPolicy": {
        "status": "enabled",
        "type": "Notary"
      },
      "retentionPolicy": {
        "days": 30,
        "status": "enabled"
      },
      "softDeletePolicy": {
        "retentionDays": 90,
        "status": "enabled"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configure with Bicep#

To deploy registries that pass this rule:

  • Set the sku.name property to Premium or Standard.

For example:

Azure Bicep snippet
resource acr 'Microsoft.ContainerRegistry/registries@2023-01-01-preview' = {
  name: registryName
  location: location
  sku: {
    name: 'Premium'
  }
  identity: {
    type: 'SystemAssigned'
  }
  properties: {
    adminUserEnabled: false
    policies: {
      quarantinePolicy: {
        status: 'enabled'
      }
      trustPolicy: {
        status: 'enabled'
        type: 'Notary'
      }
      retentionPolicy: {
        days: 30
        status: 'enabled'
      }
      softDeletePolicy: {
        retentionDays: 90
        status: 'enabled'
      }
    }
  }
}
Last update: 2023-07-09

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