github.com/jogo/docker@v1.7.0-rc1/docs/sources/docker-hub/accounts.md (about) 1 page_title: Accounts on Docker Hub 2 page_description: Docker Hub accounts 3 page_keywords: Docker, docker, registry, accounts, plans, Dockerfile, Docker Hub, docs, documentation 4 5 # Accounts on Docker Hub 6 7 ## Docker Hub accounts 8 9 You can `search` for Docker images and `pull` them from [Docker 10 Hub](https://hub.docker.com) without signing in or even having an 11 account. However, in order to `push` images, leave comments or to *star* 12 a repository, you are going to need a [Docker 13 Hub](https://hub.docker.com) account. 14 15 ### Registration for a Docker Hub account 16 17 You can get a [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com) account by 18 [signing up for one here](https://hub.docker.com/account/signup/). A valid 19 email address is required to register, which you will need to verify for 20 account activation. 21 22 ### Email activation process 23 24 You need to have at least one verified email address to be able to use your 25 [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com) account. If you can't find the validation email, 26 you can request another by visiting the [Resend Email Confirmation]( 27 https://hub.docker.com/account/resend-email-confirmation/) page. 28 29 ### Password reset process 30 31 If you can't access your account for some reason, you can reset your password 32 from the [*Password Reset*](https://hub.docker.com/account/forgot-password/) 33 page. 34 35 ## Organizations and groups 36 37 A Docker Hub organization contains public and private repositories just like 38 a user account. Access to push, pull or create these organisation owned repositories 39 is allocated by defining groups of users and then assigning group rights to 40 specific repositories. This allows you to distribute limited access 41 Docker images, and to select which Docker Hub users can publish new images. 42 43 ### Creating and viewing organizations 44 45 You can see what organizations [you belong to and add new organizations]( 46 https://hub.docker.com/account/organizations/) from the Account Settings 47 tab. They are also listed below your user name on your repositories page 48 and in your account profile. 49 50 ![organizations](/docker-hub/hub-images/orgs.png) 51 52 ### Organization groups 53 54 Users in the `Owners` group of an organization can create and modify the 55 membership of groups. 56 57 Unless they are the organization's `Owner`, users can only see groups of which they 58 are members. 59 60 ![groups](/docker-hub/hub-images/groups.png) 61 62 ### Repository group permissions 63 64 Use organization groups to manage who can interact with your repositories. 65 66 You need to be a member of the organization's `Owners` group to create a new group, 67 Hub repository or automated build. As an `Owner`, you then delegate the following 68 repository access rights to groups: 69 70 - `Read` access allows a user to view, search, and pull a private repository in the 71 same way as they can a public repository. 72 - `Write` access users are able to push to non-automated repositories on the Docker 73 Hub. 74 - `Admin` access allows the user to modify the repositories "Description", "Collaborators" rights, 75 "Mark as unlisted", "Public/Private" status and "Delete". 76 77 > **Note**: A User who has not yet verified their email address will only have 78 > `Read` access to the repository, regardless of the rights their group membership 79 > gives them. 80 81 ![Organization repository collaborators](/docker-hub/hub-images/org-repo-collaborators.png) 82 83