github.com/feiyang21687/docker@v1.5.0/docs/sources/articles/registry_mirror.md (about) 1 page_title: Run a local registry mirror 2 page_description: How to set up and run a local registry mirror 3 page_keywords: docker, registry, mirror, examples 4 5 # Run a local registry mirror 6 7 ## Why? 8 9 If you have multiple instances of Docker running in your environment 10 (e.g., multiple physical or virtual machines, all running the Docker 11 daemon), each time one of them requires an image that it doesn't have 12 it will go out to the internet and fetch it from the public Docker 13 registry. By running a local registry mirror, you can keep most of the 14 image fetch traffic on your local network. 15 16 ## How does it work? 17 18 The first time you request an image from your local registry mirror, 19 it pulls the image from the public Docker registry and stores it locally 20 before handing it back to you. On subsequent requests, the local registry 21 mirror is able to serve the image from its own storage. 22 23 ## How do I set up a local registry mirror? 24 25 There are two steps to set up and use a local registry mirror. 26 27 ### Step 1: Configure your Docker daemons to use the local registry mirror 28 29 You will need to pass the `--registry-mirror` option to your Docker daemon on 30 startup: 31 32 sudo docker --registry-mirror=http://<my-docker-mirror-host> -d 33 34 For example, if your mirror is serving on `http://10.0.0.2:5000`, you would run: 35 36 sudo docker --registry-mirror=http://10.0.0.2:5000 -d 37 38 **NOTE:** 39 Depending on your local host setup, you may be able to add the 40 `--registry-mirror` options to the `DOCKER_OPTS` variable in 41 `/etc/default/docker`. 42 43 ### Step 2: Run the local registry mirror 44 45 You will need to start a local registry mirror service. The 46 [`registry` image](https://registry.hub.docker.com/_/registry/) provides this 47 functionality. For example, to run a local registry mirror that serves on 48 port `5000` and mirrors the content at `registry-1.docker.io`: 49 50 sudo docker run -p 5000:5000 \ 51 -e STANDALONE=false \ 52 -e MIRROR_SOURCE=https://registry-1.docker.io \ 53 -e MIRROR_SOURCE_INDEX=https://index.docker.io registry 54 55 ## Test it out 56 57 With your mirror running, pull an image that you haven't pulled before (using 58 `time` to time it): 59 60 $ time sudo docker pull node:latest 61 Pulling repository node 62 [...] 63 64 real 1m14.078s 65 user 0m0.176s 66 sys 0m0.120s 67 68 Now, remove the image from your local machine: 69 70 $ sudo docker rmi node:latest 71 72 Finally, re-pull the image: 73 74 $ time sudo docker pull node:latest 75 Pulling repository node 76 [...] 77 78 real 0m51.376s 79 user 0m0.120s 80 sys 0m0.116s 81 82 The second time around, the local registry mirror served the image from storage, 83 avoiding a trip out to the internet to refetch it.