# addAzureContainerRegistry

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.Azure.ContainerRegistry](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.containerregistry.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire)

Adds an Azure Container Registry resource to the application model.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addAzureContainerRegistry(name: string): AzureContainerRegistryResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)

## Returns

[AzureContainerRegistryResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.containerregistry/azurecontainerregistryresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.containerregistry/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md)