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Container Analysis Artifact Analysis

Vulnerability scanning and software supply chain metadata storage service for Artifact Registry packages.

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  1. Container Analysis

    · GA Release

    Launched to provide container image vulnerability scanning and Grafeas metadata storage.

  2. Artifact AnalysisCurrent name

    · Artifact Registry Expansion

    Renamed from Container Analysis to Artifact Analysis as scanning expanded to language packages (Maven, npm, Python, Go) and OS packages.

What is Container Analysis called now?

Container Analysis is now called Artifact Analysis, with the latest change in May 2023 (Artifact Registry Expansion). Vulnerability scanning and software supply chain metadata storage service for Artifact Registry packages. Only the customer-facing name changed; the underlying technical identifiers remain backward compatible.

Also known as

  • Container Analysis API

Technical identifiers

Technical identifiers unchanged. Only the customer-facing product name changed; the APIs, CLI commands, IAM roles and Terraform resources below keep their legacy identifiers for backward compatibility.

REST / gRPC APIscontaineranalysis.googleapis.com ondemandscanning.googleapis.com
gcloud / CLI Commandsgcloud artifacts docker images scan gcloud artifacts vulnerabilities
IAM Predefined Rolesroles/containeranalysis.* roles/ondemandscanning.*
Terraform Resourcesgoogle_container_analysis_note google_container_analysis_occurrence

API endpoint (containeranalysis.googleapis.com), IAM roles (roles/containeranalysis.*), and Terraform resources (google_container_analysis_*) retain the legacy Container Analysis name.

Notes & disambiguation

  • Official documentation states: 'This service was formerly known as Container Analysis. The new name does not change existing products or APIs, but reflects the product's expanding range of features beyond containers.'
  • The underlying API is still officially titled Container Analysis API (containeranalysis.googleapis.com) and IAM roles remain roles/containeranalysis.*.

Sources & official documentation

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