Example docker compose file:

version: '3'
services:
    registry:
        restart: unless-stopped
        image: registry:2
        container_name: docker-registry
        environment:
            - TZ=Europe/Zagreb
            - REGISTRY_STORAGE_DELETE_ENABLED=true
        ports:
          - 127.0.0.1:5000:5000
        volumes:
          - docker-registry:/var/lib/registry

volumes:
    docker-registry:
        driver: local

Notice we need to pass environment variable to be able to delete old images via the API. See below on curl commands for deleting it.

• docker 24.0.7
• docker registry image 01.2024

• Deleting images from private docker registry

• https://distribution.github.io/distribution/
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39801094/how-to-delete-an-image-from-a-private-docker-registry