Troubleshooting slow image pulls in Container Registry

Pulling an image from Container Registry is slow or times out. Use these steps to diagnose and resolve image pull performance issues.

When you try to pull an image, it takes a long time.

The following alternatives are possible causes:

• Scenario A. You are using a large image.
• Scenario B. You are pulling your image over a long distance.
• Scenario C. You have a poor connection.

You can fix this problem in the following ways:

• Scenario A. Reduce the size of your image.
• Scenario B. Store and pull your images in the same location.
• Scenario C. If you are using IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service or Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform, you can pull images over the private network to get a faster speed.