# Adding authentication to private registry

**URL:** <https://forums.docker.com/t/adding-authentication-to-private-registry/46424>\
**Category:** Docker Hub\
**Created:** [February 15, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/adding-authentication-to-private-registry/46424 "2018-02-15T14:24:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![millerws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@millerws](https://forums.docker.com/u/millerws)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/adding-authentication-to-private-registry/46424/1 "2018-02-15T14:24:05Z")

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I need to add authentication to my private registry and have been unable to do so. I tried what was in the official docker documentation but could not get that to work for some reason.

Does anyone have any tips or suggestions?