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## About

GitHub Action to login against a Docker registry.

![Screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docker/login-action/master/.github/docker-login.png)

___

* [Usage](#usage)
  * [Docker Hub](#docker-hub)
  * [GitHub Container Registry](#github-container-registry)
  * [GitLab](#gitlab)
  * [Azure Container Registry (ACR)](#azure-container-registry-acr)
  * [Google Container Registry (GCR)](#google-container-registry-gcr)
  * [Google Artifact Registry (GAR)](#google-artifact-registry-gar)
  * [AWS Elastic Container Registry (ECR)](#aws-elastic-container-registry-ecr)
  * [AWS Public Elastic Container Registry (ECR)](#aws-public-elastic-container-registry-ecr)
  * [OCI Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Registry (OCIR)](#oci-oracle-cloud-infrastructure-registry-ocir)
  * [Quay.io](#quayio)
  * [DigitalOcean](#digitalocean-container-registry)
  * [Authenticate to multiple registries](#authenticate-to-multiple-registries)
  * [Set scopes for the authentication token](#set-scopes-for-the-authentication-token)
* [Customizing](#customizing)
  * [inputs](#inputs)
  * [environment variables](#environment-variables)
* [Contributing](#contributing)

## Usage

### Docker Hub

When authenticating to [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com) with GitHub Actions,
use a [personal access token](https://docs.docker.com/docker-hub/access-tokens/).
Don't use your account password.

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: main

You can also [authenticate to Docker Hub with OpenID Connect](https://docs.docker.com/enterprise/security/oidc-connections/)
when your Docker Hub organization has an OIDC connection configured. The
workflow must grant the `id-token: write` permission, pass the Docker Hub
organization name as `username`, omit `password`, and set the OIDC connection
ID in `DOCKERHUB_OIDC_CONNECTIONID` environment variable.

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: main

permissions:
  contents: read
  id-token: write

jobs:
  login:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Login to Docker Hub
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        env:
          DOCKERHUB_OIDC_CONNECTIONID: ${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_OIDC_CONNECTIONID }}
        with:
          username: ${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_ORGANIZATION }}
```

### GitHub Container Registry

To authenticate to the [GitHub Container Registry](https://docs.github.com/en/packages/working-with-a-github-packages-registry/working-with-the-container-registry),
use the [`GITHUB_TOKEN`](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/authentication-in-a-workflow)
secret.

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: main

jobs:
  login:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          registry: ghcr.io
          username: ${{ github.actor }}
          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
```

You may need to [manage write and read access of GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/packages/managing-github-packages-using-github-actions-workflows/publishing-and-installing-a-package-with-github-actions#upgrading-a-workflow-that-accesses-ghcrio)
for repositories in the container settings.

You can also use a [personal access token (PAT)](https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token)
with the [appropriate scopes](https://docs.github.com/en/packages/getting-started-with-github-container-registry/migrating-to-github-container-registry-for-docker-images#authenticating-with-the-container-registry).

### GitLab

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: main

jobs:
  login:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Login to GitLab
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          registry: registry.gitlab.com
          username: ${{ vars.GITLAB_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.GITLAB_PASSWORD }}
```

If you have [Two-Factor Authentication](https://gitlab.com/help/user/profile/account/two_factor_authentication)
enabled, use a [Personal Access Token](https://gitlab.com/help/user/profile/personal_access_tokens)
instead of a password.

### Azure Container Registry (ACR)

#### Service principal

[Create a service principal](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-registry/container-registry-auth-service-principal#create-a-service-principal)
with access to your container registry through the [Azure CLI](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli)
and take note of the generated service principal's ID (also called _client ID_)
and password (also called _client secret_).

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: main

jobs:
  login:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Login to ACR
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          registry: <registry-name>.azurecr.io
          username: ${{ vars.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
          password: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET }}
```

> [!NOTE]
> Replace `<registry-name>` with the name of your registry.

#### OpenID Connect (OIDC)

To authenticate with OpenID Connect, configure a federated identity credential
for GitHub Actions and use the [Azure Login](https://github.com/Azure/login)
action to sign in to Azure. Then expose an ACR access token and pass it to this
action as the password.

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: main

permissions:
  contents: read
  id-token: write

jobs:
  login:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Login to Azure
        uses: azure/login@v3
        with:
          client-id: ${{ vars.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
          tenant-id: ${{ vars.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
          subscription-id: ${{ vars.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
      -
        name: Get ACR access token
        id: acr-token
        run: |
          ACR_TOKEN=$(az acr login --name <registry-name> --expose-token --output tsv --query accessToken)
          echo "::add-mask::$ACR_TOKEN" # mask the token in workflow logs
          echo "token=$ACR_TOKEN" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
      -
        name: Login to ACR
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          registry: <registry-name>.azurecr.io
          username: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
          password: ${{ steps.acr-token.outputs.token }}
```

> [!NOTE]
> Replace `<registry-name>` with the name of your registry.

### Google Container Registry (GCR)

> [!NOTE]
> [Google Artifact Registry](#google-artifact-registry-gar) is the evolution of
> Google Container Registry. As a fully-managed service with support for both
> container images and non-container artifacts. If you currently use Google
> Container Registry, use the information [on this page](https://cloud.google.com/artifact-registry/docs/transition/transition-from-gcr)
> to learn about transitioning to Google Artifact Registry.

You can authenticate with workload identity federation or a service account.

#### Workload identity federation

Configure the workload identity federation for GitHub Actions in Google Cloud,
[see here](https://github.com/google-github-actions/auth#setting-up-workload-identity-federation).
Your service account must have permission to push to GCR. Use the
`google-github-actions/auth` action to authenticate using workload identity as
shown in the following example:

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: main

jobs:
  login:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    -
      name: Authenticate to Google Cloud
      id: auth
      uses: google-github-actions/auth@v3
      with:
        token_format: access_token
        workload_identity_provider: <workload_identity_provider>
        service_account: <service_account>
    -
      name: Login to GCR
      uses: docker/login-action@v4
      with:
        registry: gcr.io
        username: oauth2accesstoken
        password: ${{ steps.auth.outputs.access_token }}
```

> [!NOTE]
> Replace `<workload_identity_provider>` with configured workload identity
> provider. For steps to configure, [see here](https://github.com/google-github-actions/auth#setting-up-workload-identity-federation).
>
> Replace `<service_account>` with configured service account in workload
> identity provider which has access to push to GCR

#### Service account based authentication

Use a service account with permission to push to GCR and [configure access control](https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/access-control).
Download the key for the service account as a JSON file. Save the contents of
the file [as a secret](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/configuring-and-managing-workflows/creating-and-storing-encrypted-secrets#creating-encrypted-secrets-for-a-repository)
named `GCR_JSON_KEY` in your GitHub repository. Set the username to `_json_key`.

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: main

jobs:
  login:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Login to GCR
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          registry: gcr.io
          username: _json_key
          password: ${{ secrets.GCR_JSON_KEY }}
```

### Google Artifact Registry (GAR)

You can authenticate with workload identity federation or a service account.

#### Workload identity federation

Your service account must have permission to push to GAR. Use the
`google-github-actions/auth` action to authenticate using workload identity as
shown in the following example:

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: main

jobs:
  login:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Authenticate to Google Cloud
        id: auth
        uses: google-github-actions/auth@v3
        with:
          token_format: access_token
          workload_identity_provider: <workload_identity_provider>
          service_account: <service_account>
      -
        name: Login to GAR
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          registry: <location>-docker.pkg.dev
          username: oauth2accesstoken
          password: ${{ steps.auth.outputs.access_token }}
```

> [!NOTE]
> Replace `<workload_identity_provider>` with configured workload identity
> provider
>
> Replace `<service_account>` with configured service account in workload
> identity provider which has access to push to GCR
>
> Replace `<location>` with the regional or multi-regional [location](https://cloud.google.com/artifact-registry/docs/repo-organize#locations)
> of the repository where the image is stored.

#### Service account based authentication

Use a service account with permission to push to GAR and [configure access control](https://cloud.google.com/artifact-registry/docs/access-control).
Download the key for the service account as a JSON file. Save the contents of
the file [as a secret](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/configuring-and-managing-workflows/creating-and-storing-encrypted-secrets#creating-encrypted-secrets-for-a-repository)
named `GAR_JSON_KEY` in your GitHub repository. Set the username to `_json_key`,
or `_json_key_base64` if you use a base64-encoded key.

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: main

jobs:
  login:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Login to GAR
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          registry: <location>-docker.pkg.dev
          username: _json_key
          password: ${{ secrets.GAR_JSON_KEY }}
```

> [!NOTE]
> Replace `<location>` with the regional or multi-regional [location](https://cloud.google.com/artifact-registry/docs/repo-organize#locations)
> of the repository where the image is stored.

### AWS Elastic Container Registry (ECR)

Use an IAM user with the ability to [push to ECR with `AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryPowerUser` managed policy for example](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#security-iam-awsmanpol-AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryPowerUser).
Download the access keys and save them as `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` and `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` [as secrets](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/configuring-and-managing-workflows/creating-and-storing-encrypted-secrets#creating-encrypted-secrets-for-a-repository)
in your GitHub repo.

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: main

jobs:
  login:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Login to ECR
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          registry: <aws-account-number>.dkr.ecr.<region>.amazonaws.com
          username: ${{ vars.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
          password: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
```

If you need to log in to Amazon ECR registries associated with other accounts,
you can use the `AWS_ACCOUNT_IDS` environment variable:

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: main

> [!NOTE]
> Only available with [AWS CLI version 1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ecr/get-login.html)

You can also use the [Configure AWS Credentials](https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials)
action in combination with this action:

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: main

jobs:
  login:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Configure AWS Credentials
        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v6
        with:
          aws-access-key-id: ${{ vars.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
          aws-region: <region>
      -
        name: Login to ECR
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          registry: <aws-account-number>.dkr.ecr.<region>.amazonaws.com
```

> [!NOTE]
> Replace `<aws-account-number>` and `<region>` with their respective values.

### AWS Public Elastic Container Registry (ECR)

Use an IAM user with permission to push to ECR Public, for example using [managed policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#security-iam-awsmanpol-AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryPowerUser).
Download the access keys and save them as `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` and
`AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` [secrets](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/configuring-and-managing-workflows/creating-and-storing-encrypted-secrets#creating-encrypted-secrets-for-a-repository)
in your GitHub repository.

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: main

jobs:
  login:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Login to Public ECR
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          registry: public.ecr.aws
          username: ${{ vars.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
          password: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
        env:
          AWS_REGION: <region>
```

> [!NOTE]
> Replace `<region>` with its respective value (default `us-east-1`).

### OCI Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Registry (OCIR)

To push into OCIR in specific tenancy the [username](https://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/obe/oci/registry/index.html#LogintoOracleCloudInfrastructureRegistryfromtheDockerCLI)
must be placed in format `<tenancy>/<username>` (in case of federated tenancy use the format
`<tenancy-namespace>/oracleidentitycloudservice/<username>`).

For password [create an auth token](https://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/obe/oci/registry/index.html#GetanAuthToken).
Save username and token [as a secrets](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/configuring-and-managing-workflows/creating-and-storing-encrypted-secrets#creating-encrypted-secrets-for-a-repository)
in your GitHub repo.

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: main

jobs:
  login:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Login to OCIR
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          registry: <region>.ocir.io
          username: ${{ vars.OCI_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.OCI_TOKEN }}
```

> [!NOTE]
> Replace `<region>` with their respective values from [availability regions](https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/iaas/Content/Registry/Concepts/registryprerequisites.htm#Availab)

### Quay.io

Use a [Robot account](https://docs.quay.io/glossary/robot-accounts.html) with
permission to push to a Quay.io repository.

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: main

jobs:
  login:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Login to Quay.io
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          registry: quay.io
          username: ${{ vars.QUAY_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.QUAY_ROBOT_TOKEN }}
```

### DigitalOcean Container Registry

Use your DigitalOcean registered email address and an API access token to authenticate.

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: main

jobs:
  login:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Login to DigitalOcean Container Registry
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          registry: registry.digitalocean.com
          username: ${{ vars.DIGITALOCEAN_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DIGITALOCEAN_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
```

### Authenticate to multiple registries

To authenticate against multiple registries, you can specify the login-action
step multiple times in your workflow:

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: main

jobs:
  login:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Login to Docker Hub
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          username: ${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
      -
        name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          registry: ghcr.io
          username: ${{ github.actor }}
          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
```

You can also use the `registry-auth` input for raw authentication to
registries, defined as YAML objects. Each object have the same attributes as
current inputs (except `logout`):

> [!WARNING]
> We don't recommend using this method, it's better to use the action multiple
> times as shown above.

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: main

jobs:
  login:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Login to registries
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          registry-auth: |
            - username: ${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
              password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
            - registry: ghcr.io
              username: ${{ github.actor }}
              password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
```

Docker Hub OIDC can also be used with `registry-auth`. Grant `id-token: write`,
set `DOCKERHUB_OIDC_CONNECTIONID`, pass the Docker Hub organization name as
`username`, and omit `password` for the Docker Hub object:

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: main

permissions:
  contents: read
  id-token: write

jobs:
  login:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Login to registries
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        env:
          DOCKERHUB_OIDC_CONNECTIONID: ${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_OIDC_CONNECTIONID }}
        with:
          registry-auth: |
            - username: ${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_ORGANIZATION }}
            - registry: ghcr.io
              username: ${{ github.actor }}
              password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
```

### Set scopes for the authentication token

The `scope` input allows limiting registry credentials to a specific repository
or namespace scope when building images with Buildx.

This is useful in GitHub Actions to avoid overriding the Docker Hub
authentication token embedded in GitHub-hosted runners, which is used for
pulling images without rate limits. By scoping credentials, you can
authenticate only where needed (typically for pushing), while keeping
unauthenticated pulls for base images.

When `scope` is set, credentials are written to the Buildx configuration
instead of the global Docker configuration. This means:
* Authentication applies only to the specified scope
* The default Docker Hub credentials remain available for pulls
* Credentials are used only by Buildx during the build

> [!IMPORTANT]
> Credentials written to the Buildx configuration are only accessible by Buildx.
> They are not available to `docker pull`, `docker push`, or any other Docker
> CLI commands outside Buildx.

> [!NOTE]
> This feature requires Buildx version 0.31.0 or later.

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: main

jobs:
  login:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Login to Docker Hub (scoped)
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          username: ${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
          scope: 'myorg/myimage@push'
      -
        name: Build and push
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
        with:
          push: true
          tags: myorg/myimage:latest
```

In this example, base images are pulled using the embedded GitHub-hosted runner
credentials, while authenticated access is used only to push `myorg/myimage`.

## Customizing

### inputs

The following inputs can be used as `step.with` keys:

| Name            | Type   | Default     | Description                                                                   |
|-----------------|--------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `registry`      | String | `docker.io` | Server address of Docker registry. If not set then will default to Docker Hub |
| `username`      | String |             | Username for authenticating to the Docker registry                            |
| `password`      | String |             | Password or personal access token for authenticating the Docker registry      |
| `scope`         | String |             | Scope for the authentication token                                            |
| `ecr`           | String | `auto`      | Specifies whether the given registry is ECR (`auto`, `true` or `false`)       |
| `logout`        | Bool   | `true`      | Log out from the Docker registry at the end of a job                          |
| `registry-auth` | YAML   |             | Raw authentication to registries, defined as YAML objects                     |

> [!NOTE]
> The `registry-auth` input cannot be used with other inputs except `logout`.

### environment variables

The following environment variables can be set as `step.env` keys:

| Name                          | Type   | Default | Description                                                                                        |
|-------------------------------|--------|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `DOCKERHUB_OIDC_CONNECTIONID` | String |         | Docker Hub OIDC connection ID. Required for Docker Hub OIDC login                                  |
| `DOCKERHUB_OIDC_EXPIREIN`     | Number | `300`   | Docker Hub OIDC token lifetime in seconds. Must be between `300` (5 minutes) and `21600` (6 hours) |

## Contributing

Want to contribute? Awesome! You can find information about contributing to
this project in the [CONTRIBUTING.md](/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)

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