Chapter 1. Creating a repository

There are two ways to create a repository in Quay: via a docker push and via the Quay UI. These are essentially the same, whether you are using Quay.io or your own instance of Red Hat Quay.

1.1. Creating an image repository via the UI

To create a repository in the Quay UI, click the + icon in the top right of the header on any Quay page and choose New Repository. Select Container Image Repository on the next page, choose a namespace (only applies to organizations), enter a repository name and then click the Create Repository button. The repository will start out empty unless a Dockerfile is uploaded as well.

1.2. Creating an image repository via docker

First, tag the repository. Here are examples for pushing images to Quay.io or your own Red Hat Quay setup (for example, reg.example.com). 

# docker tag 0u123imageid quay.io/namespace/repo_name
# docker tag 0u123imageid reg.example.com/namespace/repo_name

Then push to the appropriate Quay registry. For example: 

# docker push quay.io/namespace/repo_name
# docker push reg.example.com/namespace/repo_name

1.3. Creating an application repository via the UI

To create a repository in the Quay UI, click the + icon in the top right of the header on any Quay page and choose New Repository. Select Application Repository on the next page, choose a namespace (only applies to organizations), enter a repository name and then click the Create Repository button. The repository will start out empty.