Learn how to setup a private secured docker registry on cloud.
- Mac OSX - 10.10.5
- Docker - 1.12.1
- Docker compose - 1.8.0
- Docker Machine - 0.8.1
- Ubuntu 16.x (Droplet on Digitalocean)
Login to digitalocean.com, sign up for an account if you don't have one already, generate ACCESS_TOKEN and save
mkdir ~/projects/private-registry
cd ~/projects/private-registry
docker-machine create -d digitalocean --digitalocean-access-token=<ACCESS_TOKEN> my-private-registry
# Get the SERVER IP ADDRESS using,
docker-machine ip my-private-registry
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# create nginx.conf with basic config and,
docker-machine scp index.conf my-private-registry:/root/nginx-root/
# create an index.html file and,
docker-machine ssh my-private-registry mkdir /root/nginx-root
docker-machine scp index.conf my-private-registry:/root/nginx-root/
# create docker-compose.yml for nginx service. and,
eval $(docker-machine env my-private-registry)
env | grep DOCKER
# verify the docker host which should be pointing to the public IP Address of the my-private-registry
docker-compose start
# Verify nginx on http://<SERVER IP ADDRESS>/ and that should work
# Pick a domain name - free ones, buy one, sub domain off of an existing one or if you have a spare
# Set the A record pointing to the SERVER IP ADDRESS
# Verify nginx using http://<DOMAIN NAME>/ and that should work
# Add registry service to docker-compose.yml
# Update nginx to define upstream for registry service
docker-compose stop
docker-machine scp nginx.conf my-private-registry:/root/
docker-compose start
# Verify registry http://<DOMAIN NAME>/v2/_catalog and that should work
docker-compose stop
mkdir certs
# Get SSL certificate from sslforfree.com (certificate.crt, ca_bundle.crt & private.key)
# Unzip the files into certs folder create server.crt using,
cat certs/certificate.crt certs/ca_bundle.crt > certs/server.crt
docker-machine ssh my-private-registry mkdir /root/certs
docker-machine scp certs/private.key my-private-registry:/root/certs/
docker-machine scp certs/server.crt my-private-registry:/root/certs/
# Update nginx to add virtual server for 443 with SSL ON
docker-machine scp nginx.conf my-private-registry:/root/
docker-compose start
# or docker-compose up -d
# Verify SSL https://<DOMAIN NAME>/
docker-compose stop
# Update nginx to redirect all HTTP to HTTPS
docker-machine scp nginx.conf my-private-registry:/root/
docker-compose start
# Verify the redirects
docker-compose stop
# Generate htpasswd on the server
# Update nginx for basic_auth
docker-machine scp nginx.conf my-private-registry:/root/
docker-compose start
# Verify basic auth is working
Switch to a separate terminal window to create a separate docker machine to test the registry
docker-machine create -d virtualbox dev1
docker-machine ssh dev1
docker pull busybox
docker login <DOMAIN-NAME>
# Provide login details
docker tag busybox <DOMAIN-NAME>/busybox
docker push <DOMAIN-NAME>/busybox
# Verify on http://<DOMAIN NAME>/v2/_catalog