Why docker login command saves unencrypted password on my computer?

Question

I\'ve used docker login command and passed my credentials and I got warning WARNING: login credentials saved in /Users/{my_username}/.docker/config.json

Answer 1

You can use Credential Store for this purpose. Here is the offical doc from Docker:

Credential Store

Answer 2

There is a lot of discussion about this:

https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/10318

It will get fixed eventually, although it's not yet clear how. In particular, note this comment:

To sum this:

• sure, things need to be fixed
• there is an open effort in doing that (#distribution), and people are certainly welcome to join if they want - either way, the issue here is definitely something being worked on
• we should aim for the right solution - not just "any solution as fast as possible" - this will take time and energy, but I'm confident we will get there