# Docker Unauthorized Requests to Server

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-unauthorized-requests-to-server/359278
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 28, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-unauthorized-requests-to-server/359278 "2025-03-28T12:45:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![geoff777](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/geoff777/32/202388_2.png) [@geoff777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/geoff777)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-unauthorized-requests-to-server/359278/1 "2025-03-28T12:45:32Z")

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I’ve had numerous install attempts fail.  
You now have to register with Docker Hub which is harder than expected, my 4th email address was accepted, first 3 perfectly valid.

I have found logging into docker hub as root just before ./discourse-setup worked for me. Logging in as a user earlier in setup failed.

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-unauthorized-requests-to-server/359278/3 "2025-03-29T02:10:51Z")

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> [@geoff777](#):
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> logging into docker hub as root just before ./discourse-setup worked for me

Yes. The root user is the one making the docker calls.