Submit a product to Docker Store

To submit an image to the Docker Store, you must first apply to join our publisher program. You’ll receive a welcome email when you’re accepted into the program.

Once you’ve been accepted, click the link in your acceptance email, or go to the Docker Store and click Publish a Product.

Before you begin

Before you start, there are a few things you should know.

The Docker Store moderation process

The Docker Store team validates submitted products to ensure quality and security, and to make sure your product information is complete and helpful for potential customers.

To do this, you’ll provide your product binaries and some information about the product (the “product manifest”) which will be reviewed by a moderator. If changes are needed, the moderation team will notify you by email. At that point, you can make changes and resubmit the product.

Use private repositories

The source for your product must be in a private repository in either Docker Cloud or Docker Hub. This allows us to provide feedback to help you produce excellent products before you make your items available to the public.

Product tiers

You can create several different tiers for a single product. For example, you might have Free, Basic, and Enterprise versions of a single product, each with their own features, support levels, and subscription pricing.

At minimum, each product tier must be represented by a unique tag within a repository, however you can also select tags for each tier from several different repositories or namespaces.

Save and continue

We’ll ask for a lot of information to display on your product page, and we know that you may not be have all of it available right away. As you fill out your product information, you can always save your work and come back to work on it later, before you submit it.

Spot a typo? You can always edit and resubmit your product information. Resubmitted product information goes through the same moderation process, but small changes should take less time to validate.

Select repositories

Start with private repositories on Docker Cloud or Docker Hub.

Select at least one repository by choosing a user or organization (the namespace), then select a repository from that account, and then a tag.

Optionally, click Add another repository and repeat this process for any product tiers you plan to offer on the Docker Store. For example you might have a Free tier, a Basic tier, and an Enterprise tier, each represented by a different namespace/repo/tag combination.

Make sure you have read the required Vendor agreement, and check the box to indicate your agreement.

Click Save and Continue.

Add company information

Fill out your Publisher Details. If you’ve already done this, for example if you’ve already submitted a product, skip to the next section.

Your company name comes from the initial sign up form you filled out, however you can change your details on this screen if needed.

Provide a URL to the logo that represents your company or organization. This logo must be at least 512x512 pixels.

Provide the URL of your company website.

Add product information

Next, fill out the Product Details.

Provide a tagline: a short description of your product in 140 characters or less. This appears in Store search results along with the product icon, so make it useful.

Provide a URL to the image that will represent the overall product, again at least 512x512 pixels. Remember that in the Docker Store, this product icon displays for every product tier, so you may need to make it general.

Select any categories that apply to your image. These categories help customers find your image when they search the Docker Store.

Add a longer product description. If the tagline is your elevator pitch to get the customer’s attention, the long description is your chance to highlight what makes your software great. Don’t neglect it.

Provide the URL for the product’s support pages. This can be as simple as a troubleshooting section in your product’s README file, or a link to your company’s Support site or knowledge base.

Finally, add some screenshots. These should be 1920x1200 pixels or larger, and should show your product in use.

Click Save and Continue to save your changes and go on to the next screen.

Product tier offerings

For each repository you selected in the first step, you’ll be prompted to create a Product Tier.

Default tiers

The “Default” product tier is the one that is selected on your product’s Docker Store listing page until the customer switches to another tier. You can use the default option to highlight a specific product tier, or to help your customers when you expect most of them will want a specific tier rather than another one.

One month trials

Docker Store allows you to offer a one-month free trial for any of your paid subscription products. When you select this option, Docker Store begins the subscription right away, but does not charge the user the monthly fee until the beginning of their second month. The user can cancel at any time during the first month trial period and not be charged.

Free product tiers

To create a free product tier, enter a monthly price of $0. Free subscriptions are treated exactly the same as paid subscriptions, except they do not produce monthly charges or invoices.

Create product tiers

For each binary you selected in step one, you’ll see a section for product tier information. Choose one tier to make the Default tier. Then fill out the information for each individual tier.

For each tier, add a tier name and monthly subscription price. For example, you might have a tier called “Free” for $0, and a tier called and “Enterprise” for $10 per month. Optionally, you can choose to offer a free one-month trial.

Select the source repository for each tier.

Note: At this time, you can only select one source for each pricing tier. Support for bundled products is coming at a later date.

For each tier, enter a description. This description tells the customer what’s included or different about this product tier.

Paste the link to your software’s license agreement in the next field. This allows the customer to read and review your license agreement before purchasing.

Finally, provide installation instructions for this product tier.

Repeat this process for each tier.

What’s next?

When you submitted the repository information for your product in the first step, we began the Docker Security Scan process. You’ll receive notification of your scan results in a few days. During that time, we’ll also review the product information you submitted to make sure it meets our quality guidelines. If any changes are needed, or if security vulnerabilities are discovered, you’ll get an email explaining what needs to be changed.

When your product’s image is secure and the product information meets our quality guidelines, you’ll receive an email notification that the product is ready to publish to the Docker Store.

Once you receive this email you can go to the Docker Store and click “Publish” to make your product available.

Tip: Docker does not automatically make the approved product available. This means you can time the product’s release on the Docker Store with announcements or marketing activity.

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