Docker: Difference between docker.io and docker-ce

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Older versions of Docker were called docker or docker-engine or docker.io docker-io package was the name used on Debian/Ubuntu for the official docker release. Main reason was to avoid a name conflict with Ubuntu docker system-tray binary. Docker now has an enterprise version (EE) and a free community Edition version(CE) Prior to installing Docker Community […]

Docker: Pull an Image from a Private Registry

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Log in to Docker On your laptop, you must authenticate with a registry in order to pull a private image: docker login When prompted, enter your Docker username and password. The login process creates or updates a config.json file that holds an authorization token. View the config.json file: cat ~/.docker/config.json The output contains a section similar to this: { […]

Docker: Creating a Docker repo.

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Deploy a registry server Estimated reading time: 18 minutes Before you can deploy a registry, you need to install Docker on the host. A registry is an instance of the registry image, and runs within Docker. This topic provides basic information about deploying and configuring a registry. For an exhaustive list of configuration options, see theconfiguration reference. If […]