Enable the Container Registry Metadata Database by Default
Summary
We should connect to the metadata database for the container registry by default.
The container registry team is planning on moving to enabling the metadata database by default for %19.0, and the database and connection info is going to be preconfigured in Create a Default Database for the Container Reg... (#8818 - closed) • João Alexandre Cunha • 18.3.
Proposal
We should add a deprecation notice to Omnibus ASAP notifying the breaking change in 19.0.
In 19.0, we enable it by default.
References
See: Include a Default Database for the Container Re... (gitlab#480742 - closed) • Hayley Swimelar • 17.8 • At risk and #8818 (closed) specifically, and Release container registry with metadata databa... (&5521) • Jaime Martinez, Hayley Swimelar+ • On track generally