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container registry

Use a Kubernetes Secret to authenticate a Pod to a private container registry. Create the Secret from Docker credentials and reference it with imagePullSecrets.

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Syntax

kubectl create secret generic NAME --from-file=.dockerconfigjson=PATH --type=kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson

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  • imagePullSecrets
  • Secret
  • kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson
  • docker login
  • imagePullPolicy
  • container image index
  • kubelet credential provider

Source: Pull an Image from a Private Registry. Checked 2026-11-03.