How do I access a private Docker registry with a self signed certificate using Kubernetes?

Question

Currently, running a private Docker registry (Artifactory) on an internal network that uses a self signed certificate for authentication.

When Kubernetes starts up a

Answer 1

You can access the keys for private docker registries in $HOME/.dockercfg or $HOME/.docker/config.json . If you add it to one of these search paths kubelet should use it as a credential when pulling the images.

• {--root-dir:-/var/lib/kubelet}/config.json
• {cwd of kubelet}/config.json
• ${HOME}/.docker/config.json
• /.docker/config.json
• {--root-dir:-/var/lib/kubelet}/.dockercfg
• {cwd of kubelet}/.dockercfg
• ${HOME}/.dockercfg
• /.dockercfg

https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/containers/images/#using-a-private-registry

The "Configuring Nodes to Authenticate to a Private Registry" section gives you a step by step on how to do it.