How to enable image scanning using Amazon ECR Console?
Step 1: Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon ECR console.
Step 2: Choose or create the repository for which you want to enable image scanning. Select the “Image scan settings” tab.
Step 3: Click on “Edit” and Check the box labeled “Enable image scanning”. Optionally, you can choose whether to send scan findings to an Amazon SNS topic. If you do, specify the ARN of the SNS topic.
Step 4: (Optional) You might have to face the Deprecation warning while enabling the image scanning setting in aws. This indicates that a particular feature or setting related to image scanning is being phased out or replaced. Image scanning in AWS refers to analyzing container images for vulnerabilities or compliance issues before deployment. To resolve this, review your AWS documentation, identify the new recommended image scanning settings or features, and migrate to the updated approach to avoid service disruptions.
Step 5: Click on “Save”.
How To Manage Image Security And Vulnerabilities In ECR ?
Amazon ECR is known as the “Amazon Elastic Container Registry”. It is an AWS-managed container image registry service that is secure, scalable, and reliable. With the help of Amazon ECR, developers can create private repositories within their AWS account and control their access using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies. It allows only authorized users or Amazon EC2 instances to push, pull, or manage your container images.
It also allows multiple features to manage our container images effectively. The lifecycle policies allow users to automatically clean up unused images, while image scanning helps identify software vulnerabilities in your container images. Its cross-region and cross-account replication enables users to replicate the images across multiple AWS regions and accounts for better availability and performance. Amazon ECR provides a secure and reliable solution for managing the user’s containerized applications, making it easier to build, ship, and run the applications using containers.