docker push error "denied: requested access to the resource is denied"

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This error occurs when trying to push an image to the public repository on Docker Hub. There have been no issues with other registries I have tried. I have looked at numerous sites, blogs including StackOverflow and there is still no clear answer. You can try to replicate this issue as follows. As shown in the screenshot above, I have an image `aspc-mvc-app` on local docker host. As shown, it has 3 tags - `1.0.5`, `1.0.5.latest` and `latest`. Assume that we are trying to push using an account name of `janedoe` at Docker Hub Per documentation on Docker.io and numerous other sites, there are 3 steps to pushing. (1) Login ``` docker login "index.docker.io" -u janedoe -p <password> ``` --> I get `Login Succeeded` which is good! (2) Add one or more tags Of the 3 tags, let's just tag the `latest`. ``` docker tag janedoe/aspc-mvc-app:latest janedoe/aspc-mvc-app ``` --> The prompt returns with no error. So far so good. (3) Push ``` docker push janedoe/aspc-mvc-app ``` --> This is where the er…

Accepted Answer

The solution is simply to change the way of logging in at step (1).

```
docker login -u janedoe -p <password>
```

Everything else can stay the way described above. The image was successfully pushed to Docker Hub!

docker push error "denied: requested access to the resource is denied"

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