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Harbor

Harbor is a CNCF graduated, enterprise-grade container image registry that adds role-based access control, vulnerability scanning, image signing, and replication on top of the OCI distribution spec.

Target: Any Docker host (Linux)DevOpsContainersOfficial homepage ↗Official docs ↗
This guide is synthesized from Harbor's own official documentation, linked above — always cross-check exact package/version names there before running these commands on a production server, since distro and project versions move over time.

  1. 1Verify prerequisites

    A Linux host with Docker Engine and Docker Compose installed, meeting Harbor's minimum hardware requirements (2 CPU / 4GB RAM minimum).

  2. 2Download the offline installer

    wget https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/download/v2.15.0/harbor-offline-installer-v2.15.0.tgz
    tar xzvf harbor-offline-installer-v2.15.0.tgz
    cd harbor

    Replace v2.15.0 with the current release from Harbor's GitHub releases page.

    Harbor GitHub releases ↗

  3. 3Configure harbor.yml

    Copy the template and set hostname to your server's IP or FQDN (not localhost), and set harbor_admin_password.

    cp harbor.yml.tmpl harbor.yml

    Default admin login is admin / Harbor12345 unless you override harbor_admin_password — always use HTTPS in production by configuring the certificate paths.

  4. 4Run the installer

    sudo ./install.sh

  5. 5First login

    Harbor's UI is served over the configured hostname/port (443 by default with HTTPS configured).