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:title: Working With Repositories
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:description: Repositories allow users to share images.
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:keywords: repo, repositories, usage, pull image, push image, image, documentation
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.. _working_with_the_repository:
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Working with Repositories
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=========================
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A *repository* is a hosted collection of tagged :ref:`images
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<image_def>` that together create the file system for a container. The
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repository's name is a tag that indicates the provenance of the
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repository, i.e. who created it and where the original copy is
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located.
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You can find one or more repositories hosted on a *registry*. There
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can be an implicit or explicit host name as part of the repository
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tag. The implicit registry is located at ``index.docker.io``, the home
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of "top-level" repositories and the Central Index. This registry may
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also include public "user" repositories.
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So Docker is not only a tool for creating and managing your own
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:ref:`containers <container_def>` -- **Docker is also a tool for
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sharing**. The Docker project provides a Central Registry to host
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public repositories, namespaced by user, and a Central Index which
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provides user authentication and search over all the public
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repositories. You can host your own Registry too! Docker acts as a
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client for these services via ``docker search, pull, login`` and
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``push``.
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.. _using_public_repositories:
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Public Repositories
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-------------------
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There are two types of public repositories: *top-level* repositories
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which are controlled by the Docker team, and *user* repositories
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created by individual contributors. Anyone can read from these
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repositories -- they really help people get started quickly! You could
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also use :ref:`using_private_repositories` if you need to keep control
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of who accesses your images, but we will only refer to public
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repositories in these examples.
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* Top-level repositories can easily be recognized by **not** having a
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``/`` (slash) in their name. These repositories can generally be
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trusted.
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* User repositories always come in the form of
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``<username>/<repo_name>``. This is what your published images will
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look like if you push to the public Central Registry.
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* Only the authenticated user can push to their *username* namespace
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on the Central Registry.
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* User images are not checked, it is therefore up to you whether or
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not you trust the creator of this image.
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.. _searching_central_index:
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Find Public Images on the Central Index
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You can search the Central Index `online <https://index.docker.io>`_
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or by the CLI. Searching can find images by name, user name or
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description:
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.. code-block:: bash
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$ sudo docker help search
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Usage: docker search NAME
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Search the docker index for images
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-notrunc=false: Don't truncate output
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$ sudo docker search centos
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Found 25 results matching your query ("centos")
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NAME DESCRIPTION
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centos
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slantview/centos-chef-solo CentOS 6.4 with chef-solo.
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...
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There you can see two example results: ``centos`` and
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``slantview/centos-chef-solo``. The second result shows that it comes
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from the public repository of a user, ``slantview/``, while the first
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result (``centos``) doesn't explicitly list a repository so it comes
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from the trusted Central Repository. The ``/`` character separates a
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user's repository and the image name.
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Once you have found the image name, you can download it:
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.. code-block:: bash
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# sudo docker pull <value>
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$ sudo docker pull centos
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Pulling repository centos
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539c0211cd76: Download complete
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What can you do with that image? Check out the :ref:`example_list`
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and, when you're ready with your own image, come back here to learn
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how to share it.
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Contributing to the Central Registry
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Anyone can pull public images from the Central Registry, but if you
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would like to share one of your own images, then you must register a
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unique user name first. You can create your username and login on the
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`central Docker Index online
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<https://index.docker.io/account/signup/>`_, or by running
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.. code-block:: bash
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sudo docker login
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This will prompt you for a username, which will become a public
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namespace for your public repositories.
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If your username is available then ``docker`` will also prompt you to
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enter a password and your e-mail address. It will then automatically
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log you in. Now you're ready to commit and push your own images!
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.. _container_commit:
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Committing a Container to a Named Image
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When you make changes to an existing image, those changes get saved to
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a container's file system. You can then promote that container to
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become an image by making a ``commit``. In addition to converting the
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container to an image, this is also your opportunity to name the
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image, specifically a name that includes your user name from the
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Central Docker Index (as you did a ``login`` above) and a meaningful
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name for the image.
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.. code-block:: bash
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# format is "sudo docker commit <container_id> <username>/<imagename>"
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$ sudo docker commit $CONTAINER_ID myname/kickassapp
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.. _image_push:
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Pushing an image to its repository
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In order to push an image to its repository you need to have committed
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your container to a named image (see above)
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Now you can commit this image to the repository designated by its name
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or tag.
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.. code-block:: bash
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# format is "docker push <username>/<repo_name>"
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$ sudo docker push myname/kickassapp
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.. _using_private_repositories:
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Private Repositories
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--------------------
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Right now (version 0.6), private repositories are only possible by
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hosting `your own registry
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<https://github.com/dotcloud/docker-registry>`_. To push or pull to a
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repository on your own registry, you must prefix the tag with the
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address of the registry's host, like this:
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.. code-block:: bash
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# Tag to create a repository with the full registry location.
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# The location (e.g. localhost.localdomain:5000) becomes
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# a permanent part of the repository name
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sudo docker tag 0u812deadbeef localhost.localdomain:5000/repo_name
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# Push the new repository to its home location on localhost
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sudo docker push localhost.localdomain:5000/repo_name
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Once a repository has your registry's host name as part of the tag,
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you can push and pull it like any other repository, but it will
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**not** be searchable (or indexed at all) in the Central Index, and
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there will be no user name checking performed. Your registry will
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function completely independently from the Central Index.
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