# Configure BuildKit — Setting registry certificates

> If you specify registry certificates in the BuildKit configuration, the daemon copies the files into the container under /etc/buildkit/certs.

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If you specify registry certificates in the BuildKit configuration, the daemon copies the files into the container under /etc/buildkit/certs. The following steps show adding a self-signed registry certificate to the BuildKit configuration.

Add the following configuration to /etc/buildkitd.toml

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```toml
   # /etc/buildkitd.toml
   debug = true
   [registry."myregistry.com"]
     ca=["/etc/certs/myregistry.pem"]
     [[registry."myregistry.com".keypair]]
       key="/etc/certs/myregistry_key.pem"
       cert="/etc/certs/myregistry_cert.pem"
```

This tells the builder to push images to the myregistry.com registry using the certificates in the specified location (/etc/certs).

Create a docker-container builder that uses this configuration

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
   $ docker buildx create --use --bootstrap \
     --name mybuilder \
     --driver docker-container \
     --buildkitd-config /etc/buildkitd.toml
```

Inspect the builder's configuration file (/etc/buildkit/buildkitd.toml), it shows that the certificate configuration is now configured in the builder.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
   $ docker exec -it buildx_buildkit_mybuilder0 cat /etc/buildkit/buildkitd.toml
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```toml
   debug = true

   [registry]

     [registry."myregistry.com"]
       ca = ["/etc/buildkit/certs/myregistry.com/myregistry.pem"]

       [[registry."myregistry.com".keypair]]
         cert = "/etc/buildkit/certs/myregistry.com/myregistry_cert.pem"
         key = "/etc/buildkit/certs/myregistry.com/myregistry_key.pem"
```

Verify that the certificates are inside the container

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
   $ docker exec -it buildx_buildkit_mybuilder0 ls /etc/buildkit/certs/myregistry.com/
   myregistry.pem    myregistry_cert.pem   myregistry_key.pem
```

Now you can push to the registry using this builder, and it will authenticate using the certificates

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ docker buildx build --push --tag myregistry.com/myimage:latest .
```

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