harbor Installation Guide Installation Guide

harbor is a free and open-source cloud native registry. Harbor provides container image registry with security scanning, signing, and replication, serving as an enterprise alternative to Docker Hub

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 2+ cores recommended

RAM: 4GB minimum (8GB+ recommended)

Storage: 40GB+ for images

Network: HTTPS for registry access

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 80/443 (default harbor port)

Port 4443 for notary

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install harbor
sudo dnf install -y harbor

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now harbor

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/443/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
harbor --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install harbor
sudo apt install -y harbor

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now harbor

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 80/443

# Verify installation
harbor --version

bash

# Install harbor
sudo pacman -S harbor

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now harbor

# Verify installation
harbor --version

bash

# Install harbor
apk add --no-cache harbor

# Enable and start service
rc-update add harbor default
rc-service harbor start

# Verify installation
harbor --version

bash

# Install harbor
sudo zypper install -y harbor

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now harbor

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/443/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
harbor --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install harbor

# Start service
brew services start harbor

# Verify installation
harbor --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install harbor

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'harbor_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service harbor start

# Verify installation
harbor --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install harbor

# Or using Scoop
scoop install harbor

# Verify installation
harbor --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/harbor

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
harbor --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable harbor

# Start service
sudo systemctl start harbor

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop harbor

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart harbor

# Check status
sudo systemctl status harbor

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u harbor -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add harbor default

# Start service
rc-service harbor start

# Stop service
rc-service harbor stop

# Restart service
rc-service harbor restart

# Check status
rc-service harbor status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'harbor_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service harbor start

# Stop service
service harbor stop

# Restart service
service harbor restart

# Check status
service harbor status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start harbor
brew services stop harbor
brew services restart harbor

# Check status
brew services list | grep harbor

powershell

# Start service
net start harbor

# Stop service
net stop harbor

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service harbor
Stop-Service harbor
Restart-Service harbor

# Check status
Get-Service harbor

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream harbor_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:80/443;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name harbor.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name harbor.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/harbor.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/harbor.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://harbor_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName harbor.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://harbor.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName harbor.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/harbor.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/harbor.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:80/443/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:80/443/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend harbor_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/harbor.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend harbor_backend

backend harbor_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server harbor1 127.0.0.1:80/443 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R harbor:harbor /etc/harbor
sudo chmod 750 /etc/harbor

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/443/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status harbor

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u harbor -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep harbor)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/harbor"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/harbor-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/harbor /var/lib/harbor

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/harbor-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop harbor

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/harbor/harbor-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start harbor

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u harbor -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/harbor/harbor.log

# Check configuration
harbor --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/harbor

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 80/443

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 80/443

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep harbor)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep harbor)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 80/443

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  harbor:
    image: harbor:latest
    ports:
      - "80/443:80/443"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/harbor
      - ./data:/var/lib/harbor
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update harbor

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade harbor

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu harbor

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade harbor

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update harbor

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade harbor

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/harbor-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/harbor

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart harbor

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/harbor

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/harbor -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/harbor

Official Documentation: https://docs.harbor.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/harbor/harbor

Community Forum: https://forum.harbor.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.harbor.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources

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