Accounts on Docker Hub

Docker Hub accounts

You can search for Docker images and pull them from Docker Hub without signing in or even having an account. However, in order to push images, leave comments or to star a repository, you are going to need a Docker Hub account.

Registration for a Docker Hub account

You can get a Docker Hub account by signing up for one here. A valid email address is required to register, which you will need to verify for account activation.

Email activation process

You need to have at least one verified email address to be able to use your Docker Hub account. If you can't find the validation email, you can request another by visiting the Resend Email Confirmation page.

Password reset process

If you can't access your account for some reason, you can reset your password from the Password Reset page.

Organizations and groups

A Docker Hub organization contains public and private repositories just like a user account. Access to push, pull or create these organisation owned repositories is allocated by defining groups of users and then assigning group rights to specific repositories. This allows you to distribute limited access Docker images, and to select which Docker Hub users can publish new images.

Creating and viewing organizations

You can see what organizations you belong to and add new organizations from the Account Settings tab. They are also listed below your user name on your repositories page and in your account profile.

Organization groups

Users in the Owners group of an organization can create and modify the membership of groups.

Unless they are the organization's Owner, users can only see groups of which they are members.

Repository group permissions

Use organization groups to manage the users that can interact with your repositories.

You must be in an organization's Owners group to create a new group, Hub repository, or automated build. As an Owner, you then delegate the following repository access rights to groups:

Access Right	Description
Read	Users with this right can view, search, and pull a private repository.
Write	Users with this right can push to non-automated repositories on the Docker Hub.
Admin	Users with this right can modify a repository's “Description”, “Collaborators” rights. They can also mark a repository as unlisted, change its “Public/Private” status and “Delete” the repository. Finally, Admin rights are required to read the build log on a repo.

Regardless of their actual access rights, users with unverified email addresses have Read access to the repository. Once they have verified their address, they have their full access rights as granted on the organization.