Fedora 43

Podman : Use Registry2025/11/12

 

Install Registry to build Private Registry for Container images.

[1] Install Registry.
[root@dlp ~]#
dnf -y install docker-distribution
[2] If Firewalld is running, allow registry port.
[root@dlp ~]#
firewall-cmd --add-port=5000/tcp

success
[root@dlp ~]#
firewall-cmd --runtime-to-permanent

success
[3] Configure Registry.
This is the settings to use HTTP connection and no-authentication.
[root@dlp ~]#
vi /etc/docker-distribution/registry/config.yml
# this is the default
# no need to change on HTTP and no authentication

version: 0.1
log:
  fields:
    service: registry
storage:
    cache:
        layerinfo: inmemory
    filesystem:
        rootdirectory: /var/lib/registry
http:
    addr: :5000

[root@dlp ~]#
systemctl enable --now docker-distribution
[root@dlp ~]#
podman images

REPOSITORY                         TAG         IMAGE ID      CREATED         SIZE
srv.world/fedora-nginx             latest      78a532c42789  17 minutes ago  346 MB
srv.world/fedora-httpd             latest      9681aa9061c7  24 minutes ago  349 MB
registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora  latest      a9005aba99b1  2 days ago      186 MB

# [push] from localhost

[root@dlp ~]#
podman tag fedora dlp.srv.world:5000/fedora:my-registry

[root@dlp ~]#
podman push dlp.srv.world:5000/fedora:my-registry --tls-verify=false

[root@dlp ~]#
podman images

REPOSITORY                         TAG          IMAGE ID      CREATED         SIZE
srv.world/fedora-nginx             latest       78a532c42789  18 minutes ago  346 MB
srv.world/fedora-httpd             latest       9681aa9061c7  25 minutes ago  349 MB
dlp.srv.world:5000/fedora          my-registry  a9005aba99b1  2 days ago      186 MB
registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora  latest       a9005aba99b1  2 days ago      186 MB

# [pull] from another node

[root@node01 ~]#
podman pull dlp.srv.world:5000/fedora:my-registry --tls-verify=false

[root@node01 ~]#
podman images

REPOSITORY                 TAG          IMAGE ID      CREATED     SIZE
dlp.srv.world:5000/fedora  my-registry  a9005aba99b1  2 days ago  186 MB
[4] To enable Basic authentication, Configure like follows.
[root@dlp ~]#
dnf -y install httpd-tools
[root@dlp ~]#
vi /etc/docker-distribution/registry/config.yml
# add to last line

auth:
  htpasswd:
    realm: basic-realm
    path: /etc/containers/registries.d/.htpasswd

# add users
# add [-c] only at initial file creation

[root@dlp ~]#
htpasswd -Bc /etc/containers/registries.d/.htpasswd fedora

New password:
Re-type new password:
Adding password for user fedora

[root@dlp ~]#
systemctl restart docker-distribution
# verify possible to access
# an error is shown if access with no-authentication

[root@node01 ~]#
podman pull dlp.srv.world:5000/fedora:my-registry --tls-verify=false

Trying to pull dlp.srv.world:5000/fedora:my-registry...
Error: initializing source docker://dlp.srv.world:5000/fedora:my-registry: reading manifest my-registry in dlp.srv.world:5000/fedora: authentication required

# authenticate by a user added with [htpasswd]

[root@node01 ~]#
podman login dlp.srv.world:5000 --tls-verify=false

Username: fedora
Password:
Login Succeeded!
[root@node01 ~]#
podman pull dlp.srv.world:5000/fedora:my-registry --tls-verify=false

[root@node01 ~]#
podman images

REPOSITORY                 TAG          IMAGE ID      CREATED     SIZE
dlp.srv.world:5000/fedora  my-registry  a9005aba99b1  2 days ago  186 MB
[5] To access via HTTPS and use valid certificates like from Let's Encrypt and so on, Configure like follows.
This example is based on the environment that certificates have been gotten under the [/etc/letsencrypt/live/dlp.srv.world].
[root@dlp ~]#
cp -p /etc/letsencrypt/live/dlp.srv.world/{fullchain,privkey}.pem /etc/containers/certs.d/

[root@dlp ~]#
vi /etc/docker-distribution/registry/config.yml
# add [tls] section under the [http] section like follows

.....
.....
http:
    addr: :5000
    tls:
      certificate: /etc/containers/certs.d/fullchain.pem
      key: /etc/containers/certs.d/privkey.pem
.....
.....

[root@dlp ~]#
systemctl restart docker-distribution
# verify possible to access

[root@node01 ~]#
podman pull dlp.srv.world:5000/fedora:my-registry

[root@node01 ~]#
podman images

REPOSITORY                 TAG          IMAGE ID      CREATED     SIZE
dlp.srv.world:5000/fedora  my-registry  a9005aba99b1  2 days ago  186 MB
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