diff --git a/.github/e2e/action.yml b/.github/e2e/action.yml
index c93000cf..0ab14f48 100644
--- a/.github/e2e/action.yml
+++ b/.github/e2e/action.yml
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ inputs:
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
-    - name: Azure login
-      uses: azure/login@v1
-      with:
-        creds: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS }}
     - name: setup Notation CLI
       uses: notaryproject/notation-action/setup@v1
       with:
diff --git a/.github/e2e/registry.conf b/.github/e2e/registry.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..902f2543
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/e2e/registry.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+version: 0.1
+log:
+  fields:
+    service: registry
+storage:
+  cache:
+    blobdescriptor: inmemory
+  filesystem:
+    rootdirectory: ./tmp/registry
+http:
+  addr: :5000
+  headers:
+    X-Content-Type-Options: [nosniff]
+health:
+  storagedriver:
+    enabled: true
+    interval: 10s
+    threshold: 3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 1460e1fd..db5eaee6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ jobs:
           docker pull hello-world:latest
           docker tag hello-world:latest localhost:5000/hello-world:v1
           docker push localhost:5000/hello-world:v1
+      - name: Azure login
+        uses: azure/login@v1
+        with:
+          creds: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS }}
       - uses: ./.github/e2e
         with:
           pluginDownloadURL: ${{ env.pluginDownloadURL }}