# Proper Container Registry Procedure

**URL:** <https://forum.gitea.com/t/proper-container-registry-procedure/8987>\
**Category:** Actions\
**Created:** [April 15, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/proper-container-registry-procedure/8987 "2024-04-15T14:29:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![thedarkula](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/thedarkula/32/4611_2.png) [@thedarkula](https://forum.gitea.com/u/thedarkula)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/proper-container-registry-procedure/8987/1 "2024-04-15T14:29:16Z")

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I noticed here: [Package Registry | Gitea Documentation](https://docs.gitea.com/usage/packages/overview/#repository-packages)  
that packages always belong to an owner, not a repository.

I have used the following action:

```auto
- name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
  uses: docker/login-action@v3
  with:
    registry: GITEA_URL_GOES_HERE
    username: ${{ github.actor }}
    password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

```

The login is successful, however, when I try to push an image, the following error occurs:

```auto
unauthorized: reqPackageAccess

```

If I replace the `password` line with a personal access token, the `docker push` succeeds, but it goes to the owner’s packages.

From the link I included above, there is this:

```auto
To link an (already uploaded) package to a repository, open the settings page on that package and choose a repository to link this package to.

```

That is a very manual process. Is there a way to automatically link a package from an owner to a repository?

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**Author:** ![holtgrewe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/holtgrewe/32/6686_2.png) [@holtgrewe](https://forum.gitea.com/u/holtgrewe)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/proper-container-registry-procedure/8987/2 "2025-02-19T14:39:36Z")

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You are right that this is a bit awkward.

However, not that the same is true in GitHub/ghcr.io that probably served as the role model for Gitea here.