buildah-login(1)

NAME

buildah-login - Login to a container registry

SYNOPSIS

buildah login [options] registry

DESCRIPTION

buildah login logs into a specified registry server with the correct username and password. buildah login reads in the username and password from STDIN. The username and password can also be set using the username and password flags. The path of the authentication file can be specified by the user by setting the authfile flag. The default path used is ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/containers/auth.json.

buildah [GLOBAL OPTIONS]

buildah login [GLOBAL OPTIONS]

buildah login [OPTIONS] REGISTRY [GLOBAL OPTIONS]

OPTIONS

--password, -p

Password for registry

--password-stdin

Take the password from stdin

--username, -u

Username for registry

--authfile

Path of the authentication file. Default is ${XDG_\RUNTIME_DIR}/containers/auth.json

Note: You can also override the default path of the authentication file by setting the REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE environment variable. export REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE=path

--get-login

Return the logged-in user for the registry. Return error if no login is found.

--cert-dir path

Use certificates at path (*.crt, *.cert, *.key) to connect to the registry. The default certificates directory is /etc/containers/certs.d.

--tls-verify

Require HTTPS and verify certificates when contacting registries (default: true). If explicitly set to true, then TLS verification will be used. If set to false, then TLS verification will not be used. If not specified, TLS verification will be used unless the target registry is listed as an insecure registry in registries.conf. TLS verification cannot be used when talking to an insecure registry.

--help, -h

Print usage statement

EXAMPLES

    $ buildah login docker.io
    Username: qiwanredhat
    Password:
    Login Succeeded!

    $ buildah login -u testuser -p testpassword localhost:5000
    Login Succeeded!

    $ buildah login --authfile ./auth.json docker.io
    Username: qiwanredhat
    Password:
    Login Succeeded!

    $ buildah login --tls-verify=false -u test -p test localhost:5000
    Login Succeeded!

    $ buildah login --cert-dir /etc/containers/certs.d/ -u foo -p bar localhost:5000
    Login Succeeded!

    $ buildah login -u testuser  --password-stdin < pw.txt docker.io
    Login Succeeded!

    $ echo $testpassword | buildah login -u testuser --password-stdin docker.io
    Login Succeeded!

SEE ALSO

buildah(1), buildah-logout(1)