Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

Create a pull secret

To authenticate with container registries in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, you can create pull secrets from existing Docker or Podman authentication files. You can also create secrets by providing registry credentials directly by using the oc create secret docker-registry command.

Procedure

Create a secret from an existing authentication file:

For Docker clients using .docker/config.json, enter the following command:

$ oc create secret generic <pull_secret_name> \
    --from-file=.dockerconfigjson=<path/to/.docker/config.json> \
    --type=kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson

For Podman clients using .config/containers/auth.json, enter the following command:

$ oc create secret generic <pull_secret_name> \
     --from-file=<path/to/.config/containers/auth.json> \
     --type=kubernetes.io/podmanconfigjson

Optional: If you do not already have a Docker credentials file for the secured registry, you can create a secret by running the following command:

$ oc create secret docker-registry <pull_secret_name> \
    --docker-server=<registry_server> \
    --docker-username=<user_name> \
    --docker-password=<password> \
    --docker-email=<email>