IDIA Singularity Registry

What it does

API

The registry API used by Singularity and sregistry clients is available through standard and Swagger schema views.checked 5 Oct 2026

Authentication

Users can obtain a user token from the registry interface for authenticated pushes, and API requests present tokens in an Authorization header.checked 5 Oct 2026

Build assistance

The site directs users to contact [email protected] for help building a container.checked 5 Oct 2026

Build support

The site asks users who need help building a container to contact [email protected].checked 11 Oct 2026

Build workflow

A container is built via an authenticated push to the registry for a finished image built from a Singularity File.checked 11 Oct 2026

Client integrations

The documentation describes pulling with the Singularity client and using the sregistry command line client to push, pull, list, and delete containers.checked 5 Oct 2026

Collections and access

Collections can be private, and owners can grant other users pull access or owner permissions through contributors and teams.checked 5 Oct 2026

Container access

Users can browse IDIA container collections and download containers to a computer or cluster environment.checked 11 Oct 2026

Container overview

The registry provides a treemap summary showing the number of containers per collection.checked 5 Oct 2026

Container registry

The registry lets users browse container collections and download containers to a computer or cluster environment.checked 5 Oct 2026

Container visualization

The registry provides a treemap summary showing the number of containers per collection; login is required to view it.checked 11 Oct 2026

Example operations

Collection pages show Singularity commands for pulling, opening a shell in, and running containers.checked 11 Oct 2026

Institution

IDIA is described as a partnership between the University of Cape Town, the University of the Western Cape, and the University of Pretoria.checked 5 Oct 2026

Intended use

The registry is presented as a place to browse and download containers for local computers or cluster environments.checked 11 Oct 2026

Local support

The site lists [email protected] for local registry support and building assistance.checked 5 Oct 2026

Notable limit

The registry says it does not build containers automatically and directs users to request build help from support.checked 11 Oct 2026

Origin

The site describes sregistry as a collaboration between Stanford University and SingularityLLC.checked 11 Oct 2026

Private collections

Users must log in to browse private collections they have access to.checked 11 Oct 2026

Registry software purpose

Singularity Registry Server provides management and storage of Singularity images for an institution or user to deploy locally, and serves endpoints to obtain and save containers rather than managing builds.checked 5 Oct 2026

Research collections

The collections page lists containers in areas including astronomy, calibration, simulation, visualization, and bioinformatics.checked 11 Oct 2026

Security

The home page says private collections require login and access is limited to collections users have access to.checked 11 Oct 2026

Security configuration

The project README says the starter NGINX application is configured for HTTP and points administrators to HTTPS setup instructions.checked 5 Oct 2026

Support

The About page directs registry software issues to GitHub and local registry support requests to [email protected].checked 11 Oct 2026

Supported Singularity version

Direct pulls through the basic Sylabs Library API implementation require Singularity 3.3.0 or greater.checked 5 Oct 2026