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Image Manifest - CI/CD Glossary Definition

An image manifest is the JSON document describing a single-platform image: its config and the ordered list of layer digests. Registries serve it to clients pulling the image.

An image manifest is the JSON document describing a single-platform image: its config and the ordered list of layer digests. Registries serve it to clients pulling the image.

An image manifest is the JSON document describing a single-platform image: its config and the ordered list of layer digests. Registries serve it to clients pulling the image.

Relation to digest

The image digest is the SHA-256 hash of the manifest, which is why pinning by digest verifies the exact layer set that will be pulled.

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