Copy container images from public repositories to ECR

I maintain a few container images and stored them in ECR. I use the images mostly to build my blogs (including this one), some tests with different container engines and compiling my programs. Since the task of copying the images from the public registry to my private ECR is pretty much the same every time, I’ve decided to automate it. Solution #1. Scripting The first solution consist of a bash script that uses aws cli and skopeo tools, this has the advantage of being really customizable and can be used everywhere, as long as those tools are installed.

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A docker GUI for linux made with Python

I’ve developed a docker GUI called Quetzal for linux. Is a simple Python script with a few dependencies, the main ones are Docker SDK and PySimpleGUI. The app lets you create, monitor and delete images, containers, networks and volumes. The window is organized in tabs, all of those look the same and give information about the current resource (images, networks, container or volumes.) Images The listbox will show the Image ID, the image name as well as the tag.

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