docker-latest-login (1) Linux Manual Page
NAME
docker-login – Log in to a Docker registry.
SYNOPSIS
docker login [–help] [-p|–password[=PASSWORD]] [-u|–username[=USERNAME]] [SERVER]
DESCRIPTION
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:
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item connecting to a remote daemon, such as a docker-machine provisioned docker engine. item user is added to the docker group. This will impact the security of your system; the docker group is root equivalent. See <https://docs.docker.com/articles/security/#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 %USERPROFILE%/.docker/config.json on Windows.
OPTIONS
–help
-p, –password=""
Password
-u, –username=""
Username
EXAMPLES
Login to a registry on your localhost
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# docker login localhost:8080
See also
docker-logout(1) to log out from a Docker registry.
HISTORY
April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.com source material and internal work. June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit [at] home.org.au> April 2015, updated by Mary Anthony for v2 <mary [at] docker.com> November 2015, updated by Sally O’Malley <somalley [at] redhat.com>