Podman registry credentials are removed after reboot

Solution Verified - Updated -

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • podman

Issue

Podman registry credentials are removed after reboot and the user needs to login each time the server is rebooted

Resolution

  • Whenever you login to a registry using $ podman login, the authentication token for that user is stored in ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/containers/auth.json where XDG_RUNTIME_DIR defaults to a subdirectory of /run which is an ephemeral directory whose contents will disappear on reboot.

To use a persistent location, explicitly specify: podman login --authfile $HOME/.config/containers/auth.json ...

For more information, see man containers-auth.json.

Root Cause

The default for podman login stores credentials in /run, a transient location that vanishes on reboot.

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