How to deploy a registry server with basic auth restricted access Create cert with Let's Encrypt git clone https://github.com/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.git cd letsencrypt ./letsencrypt-auto certonly Prepare certificate bundle cd /etc/letsencrypt/live/[domain] # <- replace [domain] cat cert.pem chain.pem > domain.crt cp privkey.pem domain.key Generate password mkdir auth docker run --entrypoint htpasswd registry:2 -Bbn [user] [password] > auth/htpasswd Run registry! docker run -d -p 443:5000 --restart=always --name registry \ -v `pwd`/auth:/auth \ -e "REGISTRY_AUTH=htpasswd" \ -e "REGISTRY_AUTH_HTPASSWD_REALM=Registry Realm" \ -e REGISTRY_AUTH_HTPASSWD_PATH=/auth/htpasswd \ -v `pwd`:/certs \ -e REGISTRY_HTTP_TLS_CERTIFICATE=/certs/domain.crt \ -e REGISTRY_HTTP_TLS_KEY=/certs/domain.key \ registry:2