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Hi,
I am new with Docker. I have just installed the software and now I am hitting a login loop. DockerDesktop redirects me to my Google chrome browser with Docker web page in which I am able to login then the webpage sends me back to Docker (presumably to log me in based on the webpage login) but Docker’s windows stays the same. If I click on sign in I get sent back to the webpage and so on.
Is signing in optional? What do I lose from being unable to login ?
If you don’t sign in, you can’t pull or push private images. Without logging in you can pull fewer images in a period of time.
And you can lose any paid features if you have a subscription.
If you don’t care about those, logging in is optional, unless you enable on the host networking feature in Docker Desktop which requires a login.
About the loop:
I tried logging out (on macOS), then back. When Docker Desktop opened, it showed I was still logged out. I clicked on sign in again, and it worked. I also remember some people had to restart Docker Desktop or just wait, because the UI didn’t show they were logged in, even though they were.