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Can Vultr Container Registry Be Used in Air-Gapped or Restricted Environments?

Updated on 15 September, 2025

Container Registry can be used in air-gapped environments by pulling images to connected systems and mirroring them to private networks.

Vultr Container Registry (VCR) is primarily designed for cloud-native deployments, but it can also support use cases in air-gapped or restricted environments. Images stored in VCR can be pulled to a connected system and then mirrored into a private registry within the restricted environment using standard OCI-compatible tools such as docker save, docker load, or oras. This enables organizations to:

  • Distribute container images to isolated environments without requiring direct internet access.
  • Maintain controlled update paths by deciding when and how images are synchronized.
  • Comply with security and regulatory requirements that mandate local image storage.

While VCR itself does not operate natively inside air-gapped networks, its compatibility with OCI standards makes it possible to securely transfer and mirror images into restricted environments.