Kubernetes registry

General Discussions
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Cluster information:

Kubernetes version: v1.28.7
Cloud being used: Virtualbox
Installation method: Kubernetes Cluster VirtualBox
Host OS: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
CNI and version: calico
CRI and version: containerd://1.7.2

Can anyone please explain me does following command actually display LOCAL image registry OR it displays references/links to remote registries where actual images are stored?

crictl image list
IMAGE                                      TAG                 IMAGE ID            SIZE
docker.io/calico/cni                       v3.26.0             5d6f5c26c6554       93.3MB
docker.io/calico/node                      v3.26.0             44f52c09decec       87.6MB
docker.io/library/busybox                  latest              ba5dc23f65d4c       2.16MB
docker.io/library/nginx                    latest              92b11f67642b6       70.5MB
docker.io/library/redis                    latest              170a1e90f8436       51.4MB
k8s.gcr.io/metrics-server/metrics-server   v0.6.2              25561daa66605       28.1MB
registry.k8s.io/coredns/coredns            v1.10.1             ead0a4a53df89       16.2MB
registry.k8s.io/kube-proxy                 v1.28.7             123aa721f941b       28.1MB
registry.k8s.io/pause                      3.8                 4873874c08efc       311kB
registry.k8s.io/pause                      3.9                 e6f1816883972       322kB
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The answer is: the images listed above exist in local container runtime (not in registry).