Using the Docker Hub

Docker Hub is used to find and pull Docker images to run or build upon, and to distribute and build images for other users to use.

Finding repositories and images

There are two ways you can search for public repositories and images available on the Docker Hub. You can use the “Search” tool on the Docker Hub website, or you can search for all the repositories and images using the Docker commandline tool:

$ docker search ubuntu

Both will show you a list of the currently available public repositories on the Docker Hub which match the provided keyword.

If a repository is private or marked as unlisted, it won't be in the repository search results. To see all the repositories you have access to and their statuses, you can look at your profile page on Docker Hub.

Pulling, running and building images

You can find more information on working with Docker images.

Official Repositories

The Docker Hub contains a number of Official Repositories. These are certified repositories from vendors and contributors to Docker. They contain Docker images from vendors like Canonical, Oracle, and Red Hat that you can use to build applications and services.

If you use Official Repositories you know you're using an optimized and up-to-date image to power your applications.

Note: If you would like to contribute an Official Repository for your organization, see Official Repositories on Docker Hub for more information.

Building and shipping your own repositories and images

The Docker Hub provides you and your team with a place to build and ship Docker images.

Collections of Docker images are managed using repositories -

You can configure two types of repositories to manage on the Docker Hub: Repositories, which allow you to push images to the Hub from your local Docker daemon, and Automated Builds, which allow you to configure GitHub or Bitbucket to trigger the Hub to rebuild repositories when changes are made to the repository.