Container images

A system comprising:

• a container image analyzer engine to generate a mapping of respective unique identifiers of container images of a software container and respective metadata of the container images;
• a validation engine to validate the mapping against a rule to identify a unique identifier of a mapped container image that meets the rule, wherein the rule specifies an action to be performed on the mapped container image in an event the mapped container image meets a condition defined in the rule for performing the action;
• the container image analyzer engine to generate a target mapping of the unique identifier of the mapped container image that meets the rule and the action specified in the rule;
• and
• a container decision engine to:
• obtain the mapped container image corresponding to the unique identifier in the target mapping from a software container repository;
• and
• perform the action specified in the rule on the mapped container image.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions, the instructions executable by a processor to:

• generate a mapping of a respective Universal Unique Identifiers (UUIDs) of container images of a software container and respective metadata of the container images, wherein the container images are stored in a software container repository on a cloud;
• validate the mapping against a rule to identify a UUID of a mapped container image that meets the rule, wherein the rule specifies an action to be performed on the mapped container image in an event the mapped container image meets a condition defined in the rule for performing the action;
• generate a target mapping comprising the UUID of the mapped container image that meets the rule and the action specified in the rule;
• obtain the mapped container image corresponding to the UUID in the target mapping from the software container repository on the cloud;
• and
• perform the action specified in the rule on the mapped container image.