How to pull a Docker image from a registry?

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To pull a Docker image from a registry, the docker pull command is used.

General format:

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docker pull <registry>/<repository>:<tag>

1. From Docker Hub (the registry can be omitted):

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docker pull nginx:latest

2. A specific tag:

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docker pull nginx:1.25

3. From a private registry:

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docker login my-registry.com            # log in first
docker pull my-registry.com/app/api:2.0

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docker images

The downloaded image appears in the list.

Summary: to pull an image, use docker pull, specifying the repository and tag. After that, the image can be run with docker run.

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