Help on "ERROR [internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/node:18-alpine"

Hi,
I’m new to docker. I have downloaded docker desktop 4.34.3(170107) in my MAC (apple M2) and started its tutorial from its learning center. I cloned its database and start to build my first image with command “docker build -t welcome-to-docker .”, which is from tutorial “How do I run a container”. I just failed with following message “ERROR [internal] load metadata for docker.io / library / node:18-alpine”. I also attached a screenshot in the post. I have tried several solutions from google, such as:
a) change content “FROM node:18-alpine” to “FROM node:18” in Dockerfile
b) use sudo to run the command as “sudo docker build -t welcome-to-docker .”
c) restart docker
d) try to “docker pull node:18-alpine”
e) enable/disable vpn

neither solution works. I’m frustrated. Can anybody give me a guide? Thanks very much.

Have you tried (re/)authenticating? docker login

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thanks for your kind reply. I tried this command, but to find it froze:

Then there may be something wrong with your stored credentials, do

docker logout
docker login

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Are you from China? If you are, maybe it has to do something with

or

and I heard there was a local mirror too. I found this now: Docker hub mirror in China · GitHub

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I got it, thanks very much for your remind.

thank you very much for you information. I will check these and learn from it.

Hi,
I have tried to logout and login. But it surprised me that I froze in login process. When I use the command docker logout, it works fine. I then use the command docker login, and input my username and password, then it froze. do you have any suggestion on this? thanks.

Hi Deanayalon & rimelek,
thanks very much for your help. From rimelek’s post, probably I’m blocked from China. I may be assigned with wrong DNS, so I can’t access docker.io/library/node:18-alpine. And that could explain why I can’t login through command line.

sigh…

Have you tried a mirror?

not yet. I guess maybe I should read documents and try to build a private repo

Hi, are you resolved this? I also meet this issue

$ docker compose build
[+] Building 21.3s (3/3) FINISHED                                                                                    docker:desktop-linux
 => [aipan-netdisk-search internal] load build definition from Dockerfile                                                            0.0s
 => => transferring dockerfile: 1.14kB                                                                                               0.0s
 => WARN: ConsistentInstructionCasing: Command 'run' should match the case of the command majority (uppercase) (line 36)             0.0s
 => WARN: ConsistentInstructionCasing: Command 'run' should match the case of the command majority (uppercase) (line 37)             0.0s
 => WARN: ConsistentInstructionCasing: Command 'run' should match the case of the command majority (uppercase) (line 38)             0.0s
 => WARN: ConsistentInstructionCasing: Command 'run' should match the case of the command majority (uppercase) (line 39)             0.0s
 => WARN: ConsistentInstructionCasing: Command 'run' should match the case of the command majority (uppercase) (line 40)             0.0s
 => WARN: ConsistentInstructionCasing: Command 'run' should match the case of the command majority (uppercase) (line 41)             0.0s
 => WARN: ConsistentInstructionCasing: Command 'run' should match the case of the command majority (uppercase) (line 42)             0.0s
 => WARN: ConsistentInstructionCasing: Command 'run' should match the case of the command majority (uppercase) (line 53)             0.0s
 => ERROR [aipan-netdisk-search internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/node:18-alpine                                        21.2s
 => [aipan-netdisk-search auth] library/node:pull token for registry-1.docker.io                                                     0.0s
------
 > [aipan-netdisk-search internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/node:18-alpine:
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failed to solve: node:18-alpine: failed to resolve source metadata for docker.io/library/node:18-alpine: failed to authorize: failed to fetch oauth token: Post "https://auth.docker.io/token": dial tcp 185.60.219.41:443: connectex: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.

你解决这个问题了吗,我也遇到了,试了几个小时都没有解决,我有梯子,可以正常访问外网,不知道怎么回事

Hi rangerzhou,
I didn’t find a solution for this. It seems the DNS and related information are hacked so that I can’t access right place. Even with those mirror site, I still can’t get a right result. I’m still try to find a “right” mirror place for this. If you have further information, please be kind to share it. Thanks very much.

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exec command docker pull node:18,
then docker build;
i sovle this problem by this way

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Except OP has already tried that @haifengjiang

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my final solution is the mirror site: https://hub.geekery.cn, https://dockerpull.com. I added both to my daemon.json. It seems working.

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save my ass, thanks a lot!!!

Please take my knee,thanks a lot!!!

Maybe it will help someone: in my case, the message was caused simply by not clicking “Verify Email Address” in Docker’s “Please confirm your email address” e-mail. It was my fault, of course. After verifying my email address, everything worked smoothly.