Step-by-Step Guide to Setting Up a Docker Registry and Generating Access Tokens

Docker is an open-source platform used to automate the deployment, scaling, and management of applications in lightweight, portable containers. Containers package applications along with their dependencies, libraries, and configurations, ensuring they run consistently across different environments (development, testing, production, etc.).

Objectives

To create

• Docker Repository/Registry

• Docker personal access token

To create registry in Docker Hub

• Go go Docker Hub

Click on sign in if you already have an account and sign up to create a new account. The account creation is FREE.

• Enter Username and password

To Create a docker registry

• Click on Create Repository

• Type the name of the Registry

• Click on create

Note: For free version you can only have one private registry

To create a token in docker hub

• Click on the picture on the top right hand side of your account

• Click on Account settings

• Click on Persona access tokens

• Click on Generate new token

• Enter the name of the token

• Click on Create