Summary
In this chapter, we looked at several ways in which we can both manually and automatically build container images using Docker Hub. We discussed the various registries we can use besides Docker Hub, such as GitHub Packages and Microsoft's Azure Container Registry.
We also looked at deploying our own local Docker Registry and touched upon the considerations we need to make around storage when deploying one. Finally, we looked at MicroBadger, a service that allows us to display information about our remotely hosted container images.
All of this means you now have a way of distributing your own container images, both securely and in a way that allows you to easily keep your container images up to date.
This is important as it means that, if you wish, it is possible to trigger an update of all your images with a single build, rather than having to manually build and push each individual image.
In the next chapter, we are going to look at how to manage our containers...