Add a note about setting up an insecure registry

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Stan Hu 2016-08-02 15:20:36 -07:00
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@ -55,12 +55,17 @@ wrong. However, since all communication between Docker clients and servers
are done over HTTPS, it's a bit difficult to decrypt the traffic quickly even
if you know the private key. What can we do instead?
One way would be to disable HTTPS by setting up an [insecure
registry](https://docs.docker.com/registry/insecure/). This could introduce a
security hole and is only recommended for local testing. If you have a
production system and can't or don't want to do this, there is another way:
use mitmproxy, which stands for Man-in-the-Middle Proxy.
## mitmproxy
Enter [mitmproxy](https://mitmproxy.org/). This tool allows you to place a
proxy between your client and server to inspect all traffic. One wrinkle is
that your system needs to trust the mitmproxy SSL certificates for this
to work.
[mitmproxy](https://mitmproxy.org/) allows you to place a proxy between your
client and server to inspect all traffic. One wrinkle is that your system
needs to trust the mitmproxy SSL certificates for this to work.
The following installation instructions assume you are running Ubuntu: