moby: Failed to use the client credentials store when running headless

With the docker-credential-secretservice Release v0.3.0. under $PATH

docker version

Client:
 Version:      1.11.1
 API version:  1.23
 Go version:   go1.5.4
 Git commit:   5604cbe
 Built:        Tue Apr 26 23:38:55 2016
 OS/Arch:      linux/amd64

Server:
 Version:      1.11.1
 API version:  1.23
 Go version:   go1.5.4
 Git commit:   5604cbe
 Built:        Tue Apr 26 23:38:55 2016
 OS/Arch:      linux/amd64

The config.json

$ cat ~/.docker/config.json 
{
    "credsStore": "secretservice"
}

docker login failed with this error:

$ docker login docker.io
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.secrets was not provided by any .service files

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Created 8 years ago
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Comments: 25 (16 by maintainers)

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I’m encountering this issue w/ Ubuntu 18.04 and 18.05.0-ce

+25

jeremyrempel on May 25, 2018

I have updated my above steps based on your answer:

Download docker-credential-pass from https://github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers/releases
tar -xvf docker-credential-pass.tar.gz
mv docker-credential-pass /usr/bin
You will need to setup docker-credential-pass (following steps are based of https://github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers/issues/102#issuecomment-388634452) 4.1) install gpg and pass (apt-get install gpg pass) 4.2) gpg --generate-key, enter your information. You should see something like this: pub rsa3072 2018-10-07 [SC] [expires: 2020-10-06] 1234567890ABCDEF1234567890ABCDEF12345678 ^-------------------------------------- Copy this string 4.3) pass init (paste string) 4.4) pass insert docker-credential-helpers/docker-pass-initialized-check and set the next password “pass is initialized” (without quotes). 4.5) pass show docker-credential-helpers/docker-pass-initialized-check. You should see pass is initialized. 4.6) docker-credential-pass list
create a ~/.docker/config.json with: { “credsStore”: “pass” }
docker login should now work

jpjodoin on Oct 18, 2018

As a temporary fix see this stack overflow:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50151833/cannot-login-to-docker-account

Basically you download the docker-credential-secretservice executable, copy it to /usr/bin and create a ~/.docker/config.json file. Try to log in with failure, then delete everything you just created and try logging in again. Worked for me. YMMV

mindovermiles262 on Jul 6, 2018

Same here. Ubuntu 18.04 - Docker login gives me the very same error

DeadMate on Jun 12, 2018

any news?

suntorytimed on Dec 20, 2017

Ping @runcom are you still working on an alternative?

The credentials store as is is not suited to this use case, a different version is needed…

we’re actively working to integrate the dbus system service not to rely on an X session using custodia as its backend on headless installation. We just started working on this at RH but it’s another team. I’ll keep you posted as we go forward.

runcom on Aug 21, 2016