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## docker-registry-proxy
### TL,DR
## TL,DR
A caching proxy for Docker; allows centralised management of (multiple) registries and their authentication; caches images from *any* registry.
### What?
## What?
Essentially, it's a [man in the middle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack): an intercepting proxy based on `nginx`, to which all docker traffic is directed using the `HTTPS_PROXY` mechanism and injected CA root certificates.
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You configure the Docker clients (_err... Kubernetes Nodes?_) once, and then all configuration is done on the proxy --
for this to work it requires inserting a root CA certificate into system trusted root certs.
### master is unstable/beta
## master is unstable/beta
- `master` (and `:latest` Docker tag) is unstable
- Currently, stable version is `0.3.0`, see [0.3.0 tag on Github](https://github.com/rpardini/docker-registry-proxy/tree/0.3.0)
### Usage
## Usage
- Run the proxy on a host close (network-wise: high bandwidth, same-VPC, etc) to the Docker clients
- Expose port 3128 to the network
- Map volume `/docker_mirror_cache` for up to `CACHE_MAX_SIZE` (32gb by default) of cached images across all cached registries
- Map volume `/ca`, the proxy will store the CA certificate here across restarts. **Important** this is security sensitive.
- Env `CACHE_MAX_SIZE` (default `32g`): set the max size to be used for caching local Docker image layers. Use [Nginx sizes](http://nginx.org/en/docs/syntax.html).
- Env `REGISTRIES`: space separated list of registries to cache; no need to include Docker Hub, its already there.
- Env `REGISTRIES`: space separated list of registries to cache; no need to include DockerHub, its already done internally.
- Env `AUTH_REGISTRIES`: space separated list of `hostname:username:password` authentication info.
- `hostname`s listed here should be listed in the REGISTRIES environment as well, so they can be intercepted.
- Env `AUTH_REGISTRIES_DELIMITER` to change the separator between authentication info. By default, a space: "` `". If you use keys that contain spaces (as with Google Cloud Registry), you should update this variable, e.g. setting it to `AUTH_REGISTRIES_DELIMITER=";;;"`. In that case, `AUTH_REGISTRIES` could contain something like `registry1.com:user1:pass1;;;registry2.com:user2:pass2`.
- Env `AUTH_REGISTRY_DELIMITER` to change the separator between authentication info *parts*. By default, a colon: "`:`". If you use keys that contain single colons, you should update this variable, e.g. setting it to `AUTH_REGISTRIES_DELIMITER=":::"`. In that case, `AUTH_REGISTRIES` could contain something like `registry1.com:::user1:::pass1 registry2.com:::user2:::pass2`.
#### DockerHub specifics
### DockerHub
For Docker Hub authentication:
- `hostname` should be `auth.docker.io`
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rpardini/docker-registry-proxy:0.3.0
```
#### Simple registries (HTTP Basic auth)
### Simple registries (HTTP Basic auth)
For regular registry auth (HTTP Basic), the `hostname` should be the registry itself... unless your registry uses a different auth server.
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This should work for quay.io also, but I have no way to test.
#### GitLab specifics
### GitLab
GitLab may use a different/separate domain to handle the authentication procedure.
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rpardini/docker-registry-proxy:0.3.0
```
#### Google Container Registry (GCR) specifics
### Google Container Registry (GCR)
For Google Container Registry (GCR), username should be `_json_key` and the password should be the contents of the service account JSON.
Check out [GCR docs](https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/advanced-authentication#json_key_file).
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rpardini/docker-registry-proxy:0.3.0
```
### Configuring the Docker clients / Kubernetes nodes
## Configuring the Docker clients / Kubernetes nodes
Let's say you setup the proxy on host `192.168.66.72`, you can then `curl http://192.168.66.72:3128/ca.crt` and get the proxy CA certificate.
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systemctl restart docker.service
```
### Testing
## Testing
Clear `dockerd` of everything not currently running: `docker system prune -a -f` *beware*
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Test your own registry caching and authentication the same way; you don't need `docker login`, or `.docker/config.json` anymore.
### Gotchas
## Gotchas
- If you authenticate to a private registry and pull through the proxy, those images will be served to any client that can reach the proxy, even without authentication. *beware*
- Repeat, **this will make your private images very public if you're not careful**.
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- On Mac and Windows the CA-certificate part will be very different but should work in principle.
- Please send PRs with instructions for Windows and Mac if you succeed!
#### Why not use Docker's own registry, which has a mirror feature?
### Why not use Docker's own registry, which has a mirror feature?
Yes, Docker offers [Registry as a pull through cache](https://docs.docker.com/registry/recipes/mirror/), *unfortunately*
it only covers the DockerHub case. It won't cache images from `quay.io`, `k8s.gcr.io`, `gcr.io`, or any such, including any private registries.
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When a repository is specified `dockerd` goes directly there, via HTTPS (and also via HTTP if included in a
`--insecure-registry` list), thus completely ignoring the configured mirror.
#### Docker itself should provide this.
### Docker itself should provide this.
Yeah. Docker Inc should do it. So should NPM, Inc. Wonder why they don't. 😼
### TODO:
- Allow using multiple credentials for DockerHub; this is possible since the `/token` request includes the wanted repo as a query string parameter.
- Test and make auth work with quay.io, unfortunately I don't have access to it (_hint, hint, quay_)
- Hide the mitmproxy building code under a Docker build ARG. [DONE]
- I hope that in the future this can also be used as a "Developer Office" proxy, where many developers on a fast local network
- [ ] Allow using multiple credentials for DockerHub; this is possible since the `/token` request includes the wanted repo as a query string parameter.
- [ ] Test and make auth work with quay.io, unfortunately I don't have access to it (_hint, hint, quay_)
- [x] Hide the mitmproxy building code under a Docker build ARG.
- [ ] hope that in the future this can also be used as a "Developer Office" proxy, where many developers on a fast local network
share a proxy for bandwidth and speed savings; work is ongoing in this direction.