Log in to a Docker registry
docker login [OPTIONS] [SERVER]
Name, shorthand | Default | Description |
---|---|---|
--password, -p |
Password | |
--username, -u |
Username |
Command | Description |
---|---|
docker | The base command for the Docker CLI. |
Log in to a Docker Registry located on the specified
SERVER
. You can specify a URL or a hostname
for the SERVER
value. If you
do not specify a SERVER
, the command uses Docker’s public registry located at
https://registry-1.docker.io/
by default. To get a username/password for Docker’s public registry, create an account on Docker Hub.
docker login
requires user to use sudo
or be root
, except when:
docker-machine
provisioned docker engine
.docker
group. This will impact the security of your system; the docker
group is root
equivalent. See Docker Daemon Attack Surface for details.You can log into any public or private repository for which you have
credentials. When you log in, the command stores encoded credentials in
$HOME/.docker/config.json
on Linux or %!U(MISSING)SERPROFILE%!/(MISSING).docker/config.json
on Windows.
# docker login localhost:8080
docker-logout(1) to log out from a Docker registry.
$ docker login localhost:8080