--- title: Push images to Quay without a password | daily.dev description: A step-by-step guide to pushing container images to Red Hat Quay from GitHub Actions without storing long-lived credentials as secrets. Using OpenID Connect... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/push-images-to-quay-without-a-password-eh1jx9vlp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Push images to Quay without a password | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step guide to pushing container images to Red Hat Quay from GitHub Actions without storing long-lived credentials as secrets. Using OpenID Connect... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/push-images-to-quay-without-a-password-eh1jx9vlp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/EH1Jx9vlP.png og:image:alt: Push images to Quay without a password og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Push images to Quay without a password **[Red Hat Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/rhdev)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A step-by-step guide to pushing container images to Red Hat Quay from GitHub Actions without storing long-lived credentials as secrets. Using OpenID Connect (OIDC) and Quay's keyless robot-account federation, workflows obtain ephemeral tokens at runtime. The process involves creating a Quay robot account, configuring OIDC federation with GitHub's token issuer and a scoped subject claim, then exchanging a GitHub OIDC token for a short-lived Quay robot token in the workflow. The approach eliminates static API keys, simplifies secret rotation, and works with GitLab and Forgejo as well. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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