# Pulling images for use in automation hub

Before you can push container images to your private automation hub, you must first pull them from an existing registry and tag them for use.

The following example details how to pull an image from Quay.

http://quay.io/kenmoini/ansible-nutanix-ee:latest

# Procedure

Log in to Podman by using your `quay.io` credentials:

`podman login quay.io `

Enter your username and password.
Pull a container image:

`podman pull quay.io/kenmoini/ansible-nutanix-ee:latest`

Trying to pull quay.io/kenmoini/ansible-nutanix-ee:latest...
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Writing manifest to image destination
6417aaf4857b06d49cb8817b7080bf8ec9c5359bc76582fc92c54f62fa2cb370

**Verification**

To verify that the image you recently pulled is contained in the list, take these steps:

**List the images in local storage:**

`podman images`

**Example**

[rbanda@rbanda-thinkpadp1gen4i ~]$ podman images
REPOSITORY                           TAG                    IMAGE ID      CREATED        SIZE
quay.io/kenmoini/ansible-nutanix-ee  latest                 6417aaf4857b  47 hours ago   839 MB

**Tagging images for use in automation hub**

After you pull images from a registry, tag them for use in your private automation hub container registry.

**Prerequisites**

You have pulled a container image from an external registry.
You have the FQDN or IP address of the automation hub instance.
Procedure

Tag a local image with the automation hub container repository:

`podman tag quay.io/kenmoini/ansible-nutanix-ee:latest:<tag> <automation_hub_URL>/<container_image_name>`

**Verification**

List the images in local storage:

`podman images`

Verify that the image you recently tagged with your automation hub information is contained in the list.

Pushing a container image to private automation hub
You can push tagged container images to private automation hub to create new containers and populate the container registry.

**Prerequisites**

* You have permissions to create new containers.
* You have the FQDN or IP address of the automation hub instance.

**Procedure**

* Log in to Podman using your automation hub location and credentials:

`podman login -u=<username> -p=<password> <automation_hub_url>`

* Push your container image to your automation hub container registry:

* podman push <automation_hub_url>/<container_image_name>

**Verification**

* Log in to your automation hub.
* Navigate to Container Registry.
* Locate the container in the container repository list.