Instructions for creating a Kubernetes Docker Configuration secret to pull container images from a private registry.

k8s-registry-credential-secret.sh

# Optional: Delete Existing Registry Credential
kubectl delete secrets -n <NAMESPACE> <SECRET-NAME>

# Create Docker Config Secret
kubectl create secret generic -n <NAMESPACE> <SECRET-NAME> \
  --type=kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson \
  --from-file=.dockerconfigjson=/path/to/config.json
 
# /path/to/config.json should be in the format shown below.
# [REDACTED] should be your base64 encoded credentials.
# Docker stores this file at: ~/.docker/config.json
# Podman stores this file at: .config/containers/auth.json
#
#
# {
# 	"auths": {
# 		"myprivate-registry.io": {
# 			"auth": "[REDACTED]"
# 		}
# 	}
# }