# Container Registry Reference

The DigitalOcean Container Registry (DOCR) is a private Docker image registry that lets you store and manage private container images. DOCR integrates natively with Docker environments and DigitalOcean Kubernetes clusters.

### The DigitalOcean API

You can use the Container Registry API to [create, delete, and manage your container registry](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/reference/container-registry/index.html.md). If you create more than one registry under a Professional plan, use the [Container Registries API](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/reference/container-registries/index.html.md) to manage them.

### The DigitalOcean Command Line Client, doctl

[`doctl`](https://github.com/digitalocean/doctl) is the command-line interface for the DigitalOcean API. It supports most of the same actions available in the API and DigitalOcean Control Panel.

[`doctl`](https://github.com/digitalocean/doctl) supports managing container registries from the command line. See the [`doctl registries` documentation](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/registry/index.html.md) or use `doctl registries --help` for more information. If you create more than one registry under a Professional plan, use the [`doctl registries`](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/registries/index.html.md) to manage them.