- NAME
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- gcloud auth configure-docker - register
gcloudas a Docker credential helper
- gcloud auth configure-docker - register
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud auth configure-docker[REGISTRIES] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
- gcloud auth configure-docker adds the Docker
credHelperentry to Docker's configuration file, or creates the file if it doesn't exist. This will registergcloudas the credential helper for all Google-supported Docker registries. If the Docker configuration already contains acredHelperentry, it will be overwritten.Note:
dockerandgcloudneed to be on the same systemPATHto work correctly.Note: This command will not work for
dockerinstalled via Snap, as thedockersnap package does not currently provide an interface for credential helpers.For more details on Docker registries, see https://docs.docker.com/registry/ .
For more details on how to authenticate to Google Container Registry using this command, see https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/advanced-authentication#gcloud-helper .
For more details on Google Container Registry's standalone credential helpers, see https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/docker-credential-gcr .
For more details on Docker credential helpers, see https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/login/#credential-helpers .
- EXAMPLES
- To configure docker authentication after logging into gcloud, run:
gcloud auth configure-dockerTo configure docker authentication with Container Registry, e.g.,
gcr.io, run:gcloud auth configure-docker gcr.io - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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- [
REGISTRIES] - The comma-separated list of registries to configure the credential helper for. Container Registry is a service for storing private container images. For available registries, see https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/pushing-and-pulling#add-registry .
- [
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
- These flags are available to all commands:
--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.Run
$ gcloud helpfor details. - NOTES
- These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha auth configure-dockergcloud beta auth configure-docker
gcloud auth configure-docker
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

