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# Configure the container registry

## Step 1: Select in **Kubernetes** the entry **Registry** and ensure your are in the **Dallas location**

![registry](https://1786616095-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MG3nxFYptsAGAKhoxq6%2Fsync%2F70182eb202795f921e83a3fd5c038d57f2639d9c.gif?generation=1598883374106792\&alt=media)

## Step 2: The create a namespace with a unique name cloud-native-\[YOURNAME]

![registry](https://1786616095-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MG3nxFYptsAGAKhoxq6%2Fsync%2F3932d943bf4de4aa8a433722dac5708544cd08ca.gif?generation=1601018042811567\&alt=media)

*Note:* Namespaces are required to be **unique** across the entire **region** that the **specific registry** is located in, not just **unique to your account**. This is mentioned in the following [public documentation](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/services/Registry?topic=registry-getting-started#gs_registry_namespace_add).

Now we have created a free IBM Kubernetes Cluster and we configured the IBM Cloud Container Registry.