distribution/open-design/MANIFESTO.md

The "Distribution" project

What is this

This is a part of the Docker project, or "primitive" that handles the "distribution" of images.

Punchline

Pack. Sign. Ship. Store. Deliver. Verify.

Technical scope

Distribution has tight relations with:

• libtrust, providing cryptographical primitives to handle image signing and verification
• image format, as transferred over the wire
• docker-registry, the server side component that allows storage and retrieval of packed images
• authentication and key management APIs, that are used to verify images and access storage services
• PKI infrastructure
• docker "pull/push client" code gluing all this together - network communication code, tarsum, etc