Troubleshooting slow Docker login issue: 'Error saving credentials, timeout was reached'

Issue description

When logging into Docker for the first time, Docker takes too long to register your password and displays the following error:

Error saving credentials: error storing credentials - err: exit status 1, out: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.secrets: Timeout was reached

Scope

This solution applies to: IVION On-premise

Troubleshooting procedure

1. Check that ./docker/config.json is available in your home folder (Enable hidden folder)

2. If ./docker/config.json is not available, use the command below to create it.

   mkdir $HOME/.docker
   echo "{}" > $HOME/.docker/config.json

3. Then type in this command in the config.json file sudo nano ~/.docker/config.json

   {
     "auths": {
           "docker.navvis.com": {
               "auth": ""
           }
       }
   }

4. Ctrl X to save 

5. Login with the username and password into docker with $ sudo docker login docker.navvis.com.