docker push error "denied: requested access to the resource is denied"

Question

This error occurs when trying to push an image to the public repository on Docker Hub. There have been no issues with other registries I have tried.

I have looked at numerous sites, blogs including StackOverflow and there is still no clear answer.

You can try to replicate this issue as follows.

As shown in the screenshot above, I have an image aspc-mvc-app on local docker host. As shown, it has 3 tags - 1.0.5, 1.0.5.latest and latest.

Assume that we are trying to push using an account name of janedoe at Docker Hub

Per documentation on Docker.io and numerous other sites, there are 3 steps to pushing.

(1) Login

docker login "index.docker.io" -u janedoe -p <password>

--> I get Login Succeeded which is good!

(2) Add one or more tags

Of the 3 tags, let's just tag the latest.

docker tag janedoe/aspc-mvc-app:latest janedoe/aspc-mvc-app

--> The prompt returns with no error. So far so good.

(3) Push

docker push janedoe/aspc-mvc-app

--> This is where the error occurs.

As shown on the screenshot below, initial checks seem to occur fine until you get the error denied: requested access to the resource is denied

At step (2), I have tried numerous other formats including the following.

docker tag janedoe/aspc-mvc-app:latest janedoe/aspc-mvc-app:latest
docker tag janedoe/aspc-mvc-app janedoe/aspc-mvc-app:latest

docker tag aspc-mvc-app:latest janedoe/aspc-mvc-app
docker tag aspc-mvc-app janedoe/aspc-mvc-app:latest

docker tag 306a8fd79d88 janedoe/aspc-mvc-app
docker tag 306a8fd79d88 janedoe/aspc-mvc-app:latest

All fail with the same error.

As a comparison, with the same exact image, I had no problem pushing to Azure Container Registry.

Since Docker Hub is so popular, can anyone shed light on what the mystery is, or if there is a detailed documentation anywhere?

Updated 5/9/2017

I am fairly up-to-date on docker cli and server versions. Right now, my cli is 17.05.0-ce-rc1 and server is 17.04.0-ce as shown below.

Answer 1

The solution is simply to change the way of logging in at step (1).

docker login -u janedoe -p <password>

Everything else can stay the way described above. The image was successfully pushed to Docker Hub!

Answer 2

1. First login by typing sudo docker login in the terminal. Enter username and password

2. Visit your docker account and create a new repository. In my case I created a repository crabigator1900/dockerhub

3. Say you have a docker image with repository name:crabigator/django and tag:latest.

In that case you will need to tag this image with a label of your wish. I decided to tag it with the label:myfirstimagepush. You tag the image by typing the command

sudo docker tag crabigator/django:latest crabigator1900/dockerhub:firstimagepush

4. Finally push the image to your repo using the command

sudo docker push crabigator1900/dockerhub:firstimagepush

That's all there is to it.

Answer 3

I too had the same issue, but after trying some combinations this worked.

Whenever you push - that refers to docker.io/ followed by registry path.

In my case my username is rushmith and I created a sample repository called docker under rushmith.

My link is : "hub.docker.com/r/rushmith/docker/"

Now I created a tag to my image that I want to push as: rushmith/docker

And It worked successfully.

$ docker login -u rushmith

(Give the password then type as below)

$ docker push rushmith/docker:latest

Output:

The push refers to a repository [docker.io/rushmith/docker]
7fbb0e1e64cb: Pushed
33f1a94ed7fc: Pushed 
b27287a6dbce: Pushed 
47c2386f248c: Pushed 
2be95f0d8a0c: Pushed 
2df9b8def18a: Pushed 
latest: digest: 
sha256:4d749d86b4a2d9304a50df474f6236140dc2d169b9aabc354cdbc6ac107390f2 size: 1569

Answer 4

I hope this late solution might help someone. The reason of this error message was you haven't named your images properly. Let say your account name on docker.io was your-name then your new repo name is going to be your-name/your-new-image-name.

In order to push your image, first you have to tag (name) your local images as:

docker tag local-image[:tag-name] your-name/your-new-image-name[:tag-name]

Things in the brackets is optional. You may want to check the result with docker image ls. Then let push your image to your docker repo:

docker push your-name/your-new-image-name[:tag-name]

Done! Your image was pushed to docker repos.

Answer 5

You can follow the following steps:

Step 1: docker login -u <username> -p <password>

A message with "Login Succeeded" will appear, confirming your successful login.

Step 2: Now in order to push the image just make sure the path which you are using must have your username included in the tag.

e.g: Suppose link is: "hub.docker.com/u/xyz/" Create a tag to image as docker push xyz/docker:latest.

If you already have some different tag change it using command

docker tag <old tag> <new tag>

Hope this helps.

Answer 6

after 1 hour's struggling with different ways mentioned above, I reinstalled the neweast version of Docker Desktop app in my mbp, then it is solved.

the neweast version is 20.10.2 and the old version is 17.x, which was installed 5 years ago.

Answer 7

First you need to ensure you have logged into your account

You need to create a repository, below is the command to create a repository -

docker tag local-image:tagname YOUR-ACCOUNT-NAME/tagname

docker push YOUR-ACCOUNT-NAME/tagname

Answer 8

Create a repository from a website.

It possible that you don't have a permission for creating repository.

Answer 9

docker push does not create a repo name so if not present it says access not available

Answer 10

This worked for me.

> docker login -u janedoe
Password:
Login Succeeded 

> docker tag myapp:0.0.1 janedoe/myflinkapp:0.0.1

> docker push janedoe/myapp:0.0.1
The push refers to repository [docker.io/janedoe/myapp]
b763be657a2c: Pushed
e534dae385a8: Pushed
5af3d5d57035: Pushed
0e44828b51e2: Pushed
fdd771f27095: Pushed
ef9a7b8862f4: Pushed
a1f2f42922b1: Pushed
4762552ad7d8: Pushed
0.0.1: digest: sha256:0069ee2c39b422e64f0493d2b2e9cbe7736a size: 2154

Answer 11

In my case, I was facing this issue even after logging into Docker registry successfully.

So, I tried running the docker push as sudo and it worked.

Make sure you follow these steps:

1. Run docker login
2. After logging in successfully, run the docker push command
3. If the push failed, run this: sudo docker push repoName:tagName

Answer 12

If you're using 2FA and run

docker login -u <your_docker_user_name>

you will get Login successful but you won't be able to push.

This is because you're using 2FA which requires one-time password to login into your account.

To be able to push with 2FA enabled you need to use an access token. To generate one go to Account settings/Security on Docker Hub website and click New Access Token. As of Access Permissions preferably choose Read & Write - this is the entry level for being able to push. Only generate Read, Write, Delete token if you really need it!

You'll be prompted with instructions on what to do next. Just to keep the answer full, you'll have to run

docker login -u <you_docker_username>

and when prompted for Password paste your Personal Access Token.

IMPORTANT: save your Personal Access Token in a password manager and never share with anyone and never push to github or add to your source code. NEVER! Please.

Now, when you run docker push <your_docker_username>/<your_docker_repo_name>:<tag_of_your_image> you should be able to push the image to the Docker Hub.