How to get remote access to a private docker-registry?

Question

I'm trying to setup a private docker registry using the image taken from: https://github.com/docker/docker-registry

Just by running:
docker run -p 5000:5000 registry

I can pull/push from/to this repository only from localhost, but if i try to access it from another machine (using a private address on the same LAN) it fails with an error message:

*2014/11/03 09:49:04 Error: Invalid registry endpoint https ://10.0.0.26:5000/v1/':  Get https:// 10.0.0.26:5000/v1/_ping: Forbidden. If this private  registry supports only HTTP or HTTPS with an unknown CA certificate, please add `--insecure-registry 10.0.0.26:5000` to the daemon's  arguments. In the case of HTTPS, if you have access to the registry's CA certificate, no need for the flag; simply place the CA certificate  at /etc/docker/certs.d/10.0.0.26:5000/ca.crt* 

What drives me crazy is that I can access it successfully using: curl 10.0.0.26:5000 and/or curl 10.0.0.26:5000/v1/search

I also don't understand where and how I should pass the --insecure-registry flag.

Answer 1

OK - I found the solution to this - after a day of digging.

For docker below 1.12.1:

It turns out that the new client version refuses to work with a private registry without SSL.

To fix this - the daemon on the client machine should be launched with the insecure flag:

Just type:

sudo service docker stop # to stop the service 

and then

sudo docker -d --insecure-registry 10.0.0.26:5000 

(replace the 10.0.0.26 with your own ip address).

I would expect the docker guys to add this option to the pull/push command line...

Edit - altenantively - you can add the flag to DOCKER_OPTS env variable inside /etc/default/docker... and then sudo service docker restart

Edit again - It seems that the docker guys are on it - and a fix will come soon: https://github.com/docker/docker/pull/8935

For docker 1.12.1:

Please follow below the answer of vikas027 (valid for centos)