# Unauthorized: authentication required when using docker push

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unauthorized-authentication-required-when-using-docker-push/15538>\
**Category:** Deployments\
**Tags:** build-image, nodejs, docker\
**Created:** [August 21, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unauthorized-authentication-required-when-using-docker-push/15538 "2017-08-21T12:18:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![ishantiw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/ishantiw/32/16705_2.png) [@ishantiw](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/ishantiw)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unauthorized-authentication-required-when-using-docker-push/15538/1 "2017-08-21T12:18:00Z")

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_ **URGENT** _  
I didn’t change anything. But started getting the following error when I’m trying to push the docker image even though it is passing at docker login. I’m using google cloud.

```
  Error: Command failed: docker push docker.io/ ****
    unauthorized: authentication required

```

I’m using below function, which I’m using by `node deploy.js`

```
function push (cb, attempt = 0) {
  exec(`docker push docker.io/***:${TAG}`, (err, stdout, stderr) => {
    if (err) {
      attempt++
      console.error(err)

      if (attempt > 3) {
        if (stderr) console.log(stderr)
        if (stdout) console.log(stdout)
        throw err
      } else {
        return setTimeout(function () {
          return push(cb, attempt)
        }, 1000)
      }
    }
    console.log(`pushed: docker.io/***:${TAG}`)
    return cb(null)
  })
}

```

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**Author:** ![ishantiw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/ishantiw/32/16705_2.png) [@ishantiw](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/ishantiw)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unauthorized-authentication-required-when-using-docker-push/15538/2 "2017-09-26T11:21:07Z")

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The issue was from Dockerhub. The private repos were not available due to missed payment. As soon as we paid, it started working.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/5/1/511608acda8e85906e15909b57bd0a46c1dbe291.png) [@system](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unauthorized-authentication-required-when-using-docker-push/15538/3 "2018-06-18T11:41:21Z")

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Closed on June 18, 2018, 11:41am UTC