# Using Private Container Registries

In some cases, developers prefer to use private container repositories.

SecretVM offers support for this - just open the "Private Container Registry" panel, enter your repository URL and credentials.

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On startup, the SecretVM runtime will pass the information to the docker engine and it will be able to pull the images from this private repository


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