--- title: Pulling from a Private Docker Repository with Marathon description: Suppose you have a private repository on the Docker Hub, then how do you get Marathon to pull from that repository? It's easy if you use Marathon's Artifact Store! image: http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2668666/All-InOne-2016/Image/bg-img.jpg --- Check out our **[Cloud Native Services](https://www.container-solutions.com/services) **and** **book a call with one of our experts today!  [![Container Solutions](https://blog.container-solutions.com/hubfs/CS_blog/logo-main.svg "Container Solutions")](http://container-solutions.com) - share: - [**](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.container-solutions.com%2Fpulling-from-a-private-docker-repository-with-marathon) - [**](https://www.twitter.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.container-solutions.com%2Fpulling-from-a-private-docker-repository-with-marathon) - [**](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.container-solutions.com/pulling-from-a-private-docker-repository-with-marathon) - [**](https://blog.container-solutions.com/pulling-from-a-private-docker-repository-with-marathon#) [![](http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2668666/All-InOne-2016/Image/bg-img.jpg) ](https://blog.container-solutions.com/pulling-from-a-private-docker-repository-with-marathon) [Docker](https://blog.container-solutions.com/tag/docker), [Miscellaneous](https://blog.container-solutions.com/tag/miscellaneous), [News](https://blog.container-solutions.com/tag/news) # Pulling from a Private Docker Repository with Marathon [Thijs Schnitger](https://blog.container-solutions.com/author/thijs-schnitger) ![Thijs Schnitger](https://blog.container-solutions.com/hubfs/CS--Dev__Assets/asset%205.jpeg) May 14, 2015 2 minutes Read [![marathon](https://blog.container-solutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/marathon1-1.png?width=97&height=97&name=marathon1-1.png)](https://blog.container-solutions.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/marathon1-1.png) Suppose you have a private repository on the [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/), then how do you get [Marathon](https://mesosphere.github.io/marathon/) to pull from that repository? It's easy if you use Marathon's [Artifact Store](https://mesosphere.github.io/marathon/docs/artifact-store.html)! Here's how: Log on to the machine where Marathon is running, and create a place to store the files: `mkdir /etc/marathon/store` Specify the path in the Marathon configuration: `echo "file:///etc/marathon/store" > /etc/marathon/conf/artifact_store` And restart Marathon: `/etc/init.d/marathon restart` Then, log in to the Docker Hub on your local console. You might want to create a special account on the Hub just for pulling images. `docker login` Your credentials will be stored in ~/.dockercfg. The next step is to get this file into the Artifact Store. You can either scp it or use curl: `curl -F "name=file" -F "filename=.dockercfg" -F "file=@.dockercfg" http://marathon-ip:8080/v2/artifacts` To check if it's really there: `curl http://marathon-ip:8080/v2/artifacts/.dockercfg` The last step is to specify the URI in the .json for the application you want to deploy: `"uris": [ "http://marathon-ip:8080/v2/artifacts/.dockercfg" ]` Then, if you post your json to Marathon, the Mesos slave will first fetch the .dockercfg and then pull the image from the repository. [### Configuring resource offers on Mesos ](https://blog.container-solutions.com/configuring-resource-offers-on-mesos) [![prev-arrow](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3842749/Wow%202019/Images/left-arrow.png) Previous article](https://blog.container-solutions.com/configuring-resource-offers-on-mesos) [ Next article ![next-arrow](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3842749/Wow%202019/Images/right-arrow.png) ](https://blog.container-solutions.com/what-the-fk-is-a-microservice-a-reading-list-for-the-perplexed) [ ### What the F**k is a Microservice? A Reading List for the Perp... ](https://blog.container-solutions.com/what-the-fk-is-a-microservice-a-reading-list-for-the-perplexed) Comments Leave your Comment ![cs-logo-white](https://blog.container-solutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/cs-logo-white.png?width=150&height=61&name=cs-logo-white.png "cs-logo-white") #### **Talk to sales** [info@container-solutions.com](mailto:info@container-Solutions.com) #### Stay In Touch - [**](https://www.linkedin.com/company/container-solutions/) - [**](https://twitter.com/containersoluti) © 2024 Container Solutions