#100 Azure DevOps + Azure Container Registry (part 1/3): Create image repository on ACR using Azure CLI from local machine

ACR introduction

Azure Container Registry, or ACR for short, as defined by Microsoft, is “a registry of Docker and Open Container Initiative (OCI) images, with support for all OCI artifacts.” When we want to use the containerisation approach on Azure DevOps, we must know Azure Container Registry and how they are related to each other. Before jumping into the technical details of linking these 2 services together, it's vital to know at least some most common components of Azure Container Registry and the correlation of these 2 services.

Let’s delve right into some important ACR terminology:

1. Registry: Build, store, secure, scan, replicate, and manage container images and artifacts with a fully managed, geo-replicated instance of OCI distribution.
2. Repositories: Inside ACR, repositories section contain one or more container images, of which each is identified by a unique flag.
3. Tags: This is used to version container images within a single repository. This feature allows us to differentiate between different image versions and roll back to older version if needed.
4. Webhooks: This allows you to trigger events…