Configuring the Azure DevOps pipeline for a private container registry

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This topic describes how to configure the Azure DevOps pipeline for a private container registry.

Follow these steps to configure a service connection in Azure DevOps:

1. In your Azure DevOps project, select Project Settings > Service connections.
2. Click New service connection.
3. Select Docker Registry.
4. Scroll to the end of the list and click Next.

5. Select the Others registry type, and enter the following values for your site:

   Field	Value
   Docker Registry	Container registry host name
   Docker ID	Registered user ID
   Docker Password	Registered user password or token
   Service connection name	Name for the service connection

6. Click Save.

7. After downloading the Universal Connector container image and creating the service connection, define the resource container in your pipeline script with the following script:

   resources:
     containers:
     - container: <containerName>
       image: <newTag>
       endpoint: <serviceConnectionName>
       options: -u root 
   pool: <poolName>

   Variable	Description
   containerName	Any valid name for the container generated from the pulled image. This name will be used in the job section of the pipeline script.
   newTag	Image to be used in pipeline.
   serviceConnectionName	Service connection that you have created to perform docker login to your private container registry.
   poolName	Name for the agent pool to which you have added the self-hosted Azure DevOps agent that will run the Azure DevOps pipeline.