Container: ImagePullBackOff "Repository Does Not Exist or May Require Authorization"

Products

• Carbon Black Cloud Container

Issue/Introduction

• When trying to deploy the octarine custom resources, some pods are getting a ImagePullBackOff error
• Some error messages may be seen "Failed to pull image", "failed to pull and unpack image", "repository does not exist or may require authorization"

Environment

• VMWare Carbon Black Container Essentials: All Supported Versions

Cause

• This can be caused if not all the paths can be resolved correctly like docker.io, defense-prod05.conferdeploy.net or events.containers.carbonblack.io
• This can also happen if the secret is not correct 

Resolution

• Find and resolve any DNS or resolution issues
• Recreate and make sure to copy and past the exact secret command