Manage the Packer registry

Each HCP Packer project can have one HCP Packer registry that contains all artifact metadata. This page explains how to change your HCP Packer tier as well as deactivate, reactivate, and delete an HCP Packer registry.

View and Change Registry Tier

HCP Packer has a Standard tier and a paid Plus tier available. Larger teams will benefit from the Plus tier, which provides advanced artifact compliance checks using the HCP Terraform artifact validation run task, and will continue to add new features that serve more complex organizational requirements and use cases.

To view your registry tier:

1. Click Packer in the sidebar to go to your HCP Packer registry.
2. Click the Manage dropdown and select Edit Registry to go to the Edit Registry page. The current tier for your registry is highlighted.

To change your registry tier:

1. Go to the Edit Registry page and click a tier to select it.
2. Click Apply Changes to change the tier.

Tier changes take effect immediately, and HCP Packer will begin tracking billable usage. Refer to the pricing page for more details.

Deactivate Registry

HCP Packer also automatically deactivates registries with invalid payment methods or zero trial credits and restores them once these billing issues are resolved. You can also manually deactivate your registry to pause billing.

Deactivated registries will no longer be able to create new buckets or versions. Packer and Terraform users will receive error messages when they perform operations that request artifact metadata from a deactivated registry. HCP Packer preserves data in deactivated registries for one year. You can reactivate your registry at any time within that period.

To deactivate your registry:

1. Click Packer in the sidebar to go to your HCP Packer registry.
2. Click the Manage dropdown and select Deactivate Registry. The Deactivate Packer registry? box appears.
3. Type DEACTIVATE in the box to confirm and then click Deactivate.

Your registry is now marked with a Deactivated banner in the HCP Packer UI.

Reactivate Registry

HCP Packer preserves data in deactivated registries for one year. To reactivate your registry:

1. Click the Reactivate Registry button at the top of the HCP Packer UI. The Reactivate Packer registry? box appears.
2. Click Reactivate.

You can now resume pushing metadata to the registry, creating channels, etc. Packer and Terraform consumers can once again reference artifact metadata.

Delete Registry

You must deactivate your registry before you can permanently delete it. To permanently delete your registry:

1. Click Packer in the sidebar to go to your HCP Packer registry.
2. Click the Manage dropdown and select Delete Registry. The Delete Packer registry? box appears.
3. Type DELETE in the box to confirm and then click Delete.

Your registry has been deleted from HCP Packer. Users and consumers cannot access or recover the data.