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Container Registry:Create a Container Registry Personal Edition instance

Last Updated:Sep 28, 2025

Container Registry Personal Edition provides individual developers with basic features to manage the lifecycle of container images. Individual developers can use instances of this edition for learning purposes or for deploying containers in their own business. This topic describes how to create a Container Registry Personal Edition instance.

Usage notes

  • Starting September 9, 2024, new users creating a Container Registry Personal Edition instance must choose a target region, and the service can subsequently be used only within that region. For more information, see Limits on new Personal Edition instances.

  • Personal Edition instances are for individual users only. Before creation, complete identity verification and verified the account as a personal type. When creating a Personal Edition instance in Chinese mainland regions, you must select the Have purchase plan option in The Chinese Mainland Resources Procurement section on the real-name verification page.

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  • Accounts of the Resource Directory type are not supported for creating Personal Edition instances.

  • When a RAM user logs in to the image registry, enterprise aliases that contain a half-width period (.) are not supported.

Note

If you use a RAM user to log on to the Container Registry console, you must create a Container Registry Personal Edition instance before you can view all repositories.

Important
  • Container Registry Personal Edition is used only for development and testing. Do not use it in the production environment.

  • Container Registry Personal Edition is designed for individual developers. This edition is in public preview and is provided free of charge to limited users. Alibaba Cloud does not provide service level agreement (SLA) guarantee and SLA compensation for Container Registry Personal Edition, and has limits on using the edition.

  • Personal Edition instances do not support API operations.

  • Make sure that your Personal Edition instance is created by using an Alibaba Cloud account and the AliyunContainerRegistryFullAccess or AliyunContainerRegistryReadOnlyAccess policy is attached to RAM users in the Alibaba Cloud account.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the Container Registry console.

  2. In the top navigation bar, select a region.

  3. In the left-side navigation pane, click Instances.

  4. On the Instances page, click the Personal Edition card.

  5. In the Tips dialog box, click Create Instance of Container Registry Personal Edition.

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  6. On the instance creation page, select a region and click Create Now.

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