Question

error pushing container to registry | WSL2

Posted on November 11, 2024
DigitalOcean Kubernetes
Asked by aj-ats

erro happens when I run

doctl registry login

Logging Docker in to registry.digitalocean.com
Notice: Login valid for 30 days. Use the --expiry-seconds flag to set a shorter expiration or --never-expire for no expiration.
Error: error storing credentials - err: exec: "docker-credential-desktop.exe": executable file not found in $PATH, out: ``

I get this error when I try to login to push a container to registry. I am on a work machine in using WSL2

I’ve been working thru these docs and this was the first error I couldn’t get passed. would love some insight on this thanks for your help and DigitalOcean

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alexdo

Site Moderator

• November 12, 2024

Heya, @ajats

Docker on WSL2 sometimes defaults to docker-credential-desktop.exe, which might not be available. You can switch to docker-credential-wincred, which is generally more compatible with WSL2:

Open your WSL2 terminal and run:

echo '{"credsStore": "wincred"}' > ~/.docker/config.json

This will set wincred as your credential helper for Docker, which is available on Windows and often resolves this issue.

Hope that this helps!

KFSys

Site Moderator

• November 12, 2024

Hello,

The error you’re encountering is likely due to WSL2 trying to invoke a credential helper that’s available on Windows (like docker-credential-desktop.exe) but isn’t accessible from the WSL environment. Here’s how you can work around it:

Switch to a Standard Docker Login: Instead of relying on the doctl registry login, try using Docker’s own login command with your DigitalOcean credentials:

docker login registry.digitalocean.com

This command should prompt you for your DigitalOcean credentials or token. Ensure that you use a DigitalOcean API token with read and write access to the registry.