docker/login-action

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1480 stars · 308 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A GitHub Action that authenticates Docker and OCI clients against container registries within CI workflows. It supports Docker Hub, GitHub Container Registry, GitLab, Azure, Google, AWS ECR, Oracle, Quay.io, and DigitalOcean registries, including OIDC-based authentication.

Use cases

• log in to Docker Hub from a GitHub Actions workflow
• authenticate to AWS ECR before pushing images in CI
• push images to GitHub Container Registry with a GITHUB_TOKEN
• authenticate to multiple container registries in one workflow
• use OIDC federation instead of stored registry credentials
• log in to GitLab or Azure Container Registry during a build pipeline

When to choose

• you build or push container images in GitHub Actions
• you need registry authentication across multiple cloud providers
• you want short-lived OIDC credentials instead of long-lived secrets

When to avoid

• your CI runs outside GitHub Actions
• you need to build images without pushing to a registry
• you use a CI system with native registry login support

Facets

plugin · maturity stable

auth deployment ci-cd developer-tools cloud-computing cloud cli github-actions docker-registry container-registry ecr gcr acr dockerhub oidc devops containers automation docker

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