# I can't pull docker images by my own anonymous in nexus

**URL:** <https://community.sonatype.com/t/i-cant-pull-docker-images-by-my-own-anonymous-in-nexus/11883>\
**Category:** Sonatype Nexus Repository\
**Created:** [January 11, 2024, 7:41am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/i-cant-pull-docker-images-by-my-own-anonymous-in-nexus/11883 "2024-01-11T07:41:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![alexeevtm86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@alexeevtm86](https://community.sonatype.com/u/alexeevtm86)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 7:41am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/i-cant-pull-docker-images-by-my-own-anonymous-in-nexus/11883/1 "2024-01-11T07:41:40Z")

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I wanna pull docker images from docker proxy repo, however I can’t do it.

It’s successful when I try doing it built-in anonymous user but I fail to pull by my own anonymous (privilege is nx-anonymous.

1. in the nexus settings I changed the built-in anonymous user to my own
2. I tried to pull Docker images with a user who has the same anonymous parameters as the built-in anonymous.
3. I tried to pull images with even superuser privileges.

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**Author:** ![mpiggott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@mpiggott](https://community.sonatype.com/u/mpiggott)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/i-cant-pull-docker-images-by-my-own-anonymous-in-nexus/11883/2 "2024-01-15T17:03:25Z")

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If you haven’t take a look at the help documentation for [Docker Authentication](https://help.sonatype.com/repomanager3/nexus-repository-administration/formats/docker-registry/docker-authentication)

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**Author:** ![Steven\_Zamborsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Steven\_Zamborsky](https://community.sonatype.com/u/Steven_Zamborsky)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/i-cant-pull-docker-images-by-my-own-anonymous-in-nexus/11883/3 "2026-06-18T12:50:12Z")

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I was having issues getting anonymous pulls to work when using Podman on RHEL.

This helped me massively, I had forgotten to “Enable the Docker Bearer Token Realm”, which is a prerequisite, as described in that document.

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To enable _Docker Bearer Token Realm_, take the following steps:

1. Select _Settings_ → _Security_ → _Realms_.

2. Check whether the _Docker Bearer Token Realm_ is in the _Active_ list. If it isn’t, add it to the _Active_ list and select _Save_.

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After I did that, anonymous pulls via Podman worked without issue, thanks for calling this out.