# ECR

## Elastic Container Registry (ECR)

* Application containers can be stored, shared, and deployed from `Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)`.
  * `ECR` is basically a repository for docker containers.
  * Allowing applications that are on those docker containers to be stored in `ECR`.
    * These can then be shared or deployed from `ECR`.
* This service is totally managed by Amazon.
* You can use `IAM` to manage security of access to these images.