Skopeo is one of the specialized tool that performs various operations on container images and image repositories.

Skopeo can perform operations which consist of:

• Copying an image from and to various storage mechanisms. For example you can copy images from one registry to another, without requiring privilege.
• Inspecting a remote image showing its properties including its layers, without requiring you to pull the image to the host.
• Deleting an image from an image repository.
• Syncing an external image repository to an internal registry for air-gapped (aka offline) deployments.
• When required by the repository, skopeo can pass the appropriate credentials and certificates for authentication.

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