# IDistributedApplicationBuilder.addContainerRegistry

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.md)
- Defined on: [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`

Adds a container registry resource

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addContainerRegistry(
      name: string,
      endpoint: ParameterResource,
      repository?: ParameterResource): ContainerRegistryResource;
}
```

## Signature

```typescript
addContainerRegistry(
    name: string,
    endpoint: ParameterResource,
    repository?: ParameterResource): ContainerRegistryResource
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `endpoint` ([ParameterResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/parameterresource.md))
- `repository` ([ParameterResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/parameterresource.md)) `optional`

## Returns

[ContainerRegistryResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/containerregistryresource.md) `builder`

## Defined on

- [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md) -- `interface`