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// * disconnected/mirroring/about-installing-oc-mirror-v2.adoc

:_mod-docs-content-type: PROCEDURE
[id="oc-mirror-v2-procedure-garbage-collector_{context}"]
= Resolving storage cleanup issues in the distribution registry

A known issue in the distribution registry prevents the garbage collector from freeing up storage as expected. This issue does not occur when you use {quay}.

.Procedure

* Choose the appropriate method to work around the known issue in the distribution registry:

** To restart the container registry, run the following command:
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[source,terminal]
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$ podman restart <registry_container>
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** To disable caching in the registry configuration, perform the following steps: 

... To disable the `blobdescriptor` cache, modify the `/etc/docker/registry/config.yml` file:
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[source,yaml]
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version: 0.1
log:
  fields:
    service: registry
storage:
  cache:
    blobdescriptor: ""
  filesystem:
    rootdirectory: /var/lib/registry
http:
  addr: :5000
  headers:
    X-Content-Type-Options: [nosniff]
health:
  storagedriver:
    enabled: true
    interval: 10s
    threshold: 3
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... To apply the changes, restart the container registry by running the following command:
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[source,terminal]
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$ podman restart <registry_container>
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