How to add private registry on HTTP - not HTTPS

Rancher 1.x
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Hi,

I just started using Rancher to learn and try out. It seems to be a great tool.

I have a Docker Registry coupled with Portus as the source of the images that the internal team develops. I could use the docker compose file to add and launch a stack on Rancher once I added the registry as insecure in the /etc/docker/daemon.json file.

But, if I try to add the registry in Rancher through Infrastructure->Registries -> Add Registry, it fails. Can someone help me do this?

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So you have Portus on HTTP (what port are you using?) and no authentication which you want to use in Rancher. What fails exactly? Can you show us errors/screenshots?

3

The registry is not on HTTPS, can be accessed using HTTP only. Port is 5000

In Docker InsecureRegistry stands for registry that doesn’t need SSL/TLS. My registry needs authentication and I am providing the credentials.

BTW, I could resolve it. The UI says to avoid providing the protocol (like “https://”) in the server details. However, I added the “http://” in front of the server details and it got added correctly. Yet to try it out, whether it works or not.