Securing the software supply chain: Building a production-ready registry with Harbor

Dhruv Tyagi explores why the container registry is a critical and often overlooked component of a secure software supply chain. As organizations scale their internal developer platforms, managing artifact sovereignty and security becomes a major bottleneck. He breaks down the architecture of a production-ready Harbor deployment, focusing on eliminating single points of failure and optimizing performance.

Key takeaways include:
• Implementing high availability for registry metadata and storage.
• Reducing egress costs and build times using Harbor as a smart proxy cache.
• Automating vulnerability scanning and image signing as a "golden path" guardrail.