# Harbor (/docs/foundation/components/harbor)



## Component Category [#component-category]

External delivery integration / OCI registry

## Component Description [#component-description]

Harbor is an OCI registry for storing and managing container images, Helm charts, and related artifacts. BullSequana AI works with a configured OCI registry and does not deploy or require Harbor specifically.

## Why It Is Used [#why-it-is-used]

In BullSequana AI Foundation, Harbor is the reference external registry for organizations that need a customer-operated artifact-delivery path. An existing compatible enterprise or cloud registry can be used instead.

## Learn More [#learn-more]

* [Harbor documentation](https://goharbor.io/docs/)
* [goharbor/harbor on GitHub](https://github.com/goharbor/harbor)

## Deployment notes [#deployment-notes]

BullSequana AI does not install Harbor in the target cluster. Administrators mirror platform images and charts into the approved OCI registry, then configure the registry address, pull credentials, and any private CA trust required by the deployment.

## Interacts With [#interacts-with]

* `GitLab` or another CI service, which can publish platform images and charts into Harbor.
* `Argo CD`, which retrieves configured Helm charts while reconciling applications.
* `Platform workloads`, which pull mirrored images from the configured registry.