US Patent 10884725 Accessing container images in a distributed ledger network environment

A technique is provided for accessing container images in a distributed ledger network environment, in which, basis the receipt of a request from a consumer for accessing the container images, it is determined whether the container images require to be generated based on a customization performed on pre-published container images. The pre-published container images are updated in the nodes of the distributed ledger network, based on at least public keys of publishers of the pre-published container images, smart contracts, and certificates associated with the publisher. Based on the determined requirement, features for performing the customization are extracted based on inputs received from the consumer and a set of pre-published container images are identified from the pre-published container images and associated metadata from respective nodes of the network. The customized container images are generated based on reconciliation of the metadata of the identified set of pre-published container images.