# How can use nexus as mirror registry for docker

**URL:** <https://community.sonatype.com/t/how-can-use-nexus-as-mirror-registry-for-docker/9142>\
**Category:** Best Practices\
**Created:** [August 17, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/how-can-use-nexus-as-mirror-registry-for-docker/9142 "2022-08-17T12:24:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrezachalak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@mrezachalak](https://community.sonatype.com/u/mrezachalak)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 9:15am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/how-can-use-nexus-as-mirror-registry-for-docker/9142/2 "2022-11-19T09:15:33Z")

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Hey John @babb.sdn ,  
As mentioned in dockerhub it is not possible to mirror a private registry in docker.  
[It’s currently not possible to mirror another private registry. Only the central Hub can be mirrored.](https://docs.docker.com/registry/recipes/mirror/#gotcha)  
Whenever you use Nexus as a hosted or proxy or group registry for docker it is considered as a private registry and you can use it by referring explicitly (e.g. docker pull dkr-nxs-reg/libraty/image:tag )  
Reza

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