Automation Suite on Linux installation guide

Last updated Mar 26, 2026

How to generate the encoded pull_secret_value for external registries

Yo can generate the base64 encoded pull_secret_value using either Docker or Podman. Follow the steps below based on your tool of choice.

Using Docker:
1. Log in to the external registry using the following command. Make sure to replace <registry_url> with the URL of the external registry (for example, my.registry.io):
  docker login <registry_url>docker login <registry_url>
2. Generate the base64 encoded string of your Docker configuration .json file using the following command:
  cat ~/.docker/config.json | base64 -w0cat ~/.docker/config.json | base64 -w0
Using Podman:
1. Log in to the external registry using the following command. Make sure to replace <registry_url> with the URL of the external registry (for example, my.registry.io):
  podman login <registry_url>podman login <registry_url>
2. Generate the base64 encoded string of your Podman configuration .json file using the following command:
  cat ~/.config/containers/auth.json | base64 -w0cat ~/.config/containers/auth.json | base64 -w0

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