Using Docker private repos in Kubernetes
5 jul 2019 | deployment | docker | kubernetes
To use images from a private repository on hub.docker.com, you need to add a secret containing the credentials for accessing that repository. This can be done via the kubectl command:
$ kubectl create secret docker-registry <my-secret-name> \
--docker-server=docker.io \
--docker-username=<your-docker-username> \
--docker-password=<your-docker-password> \
--docker-email=<your-docker-email>
If the secret already exists and you want to update it, you first need to delete it:
$ kubectl delete secret <my-secret-name>
When you then define a deployment, you can use the imagePullSecrets option in the deployment yaml to indicate which secret needs to be used to grab the docker image:
my-deployment.yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: my-deployment
labels:
app: my-deployment
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
app: my-deployment
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: my-deployment
spec:
containers:
- name: my-deployment
image: <my-docker-user>/<my-docker-private-repo<
imagePullSecrets:
- name: <my-secret-name>
The deployment can then be done using the apply command:
$ kubectl apply -f my-deployment.yaml
You can read many more details about this on the kubernetes.io website.