Merge pull request #42329 from dipankardas011/private-repo

added Note for secret in same namespace as the Deployment, Pods

Author: k8s-ci-robot

content/en/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/pull-image-private-registry.md

@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ docker login
 When prompted, enter your Docker ID, and then the credential you want to use (access token,
 or the password for your Docker ID).
 
-The login process creates or updates a `config.json` file that holds an authorization token. Review [how Kubernetes interprets this file](/docs/concepts/containers/images#config-json). 
+The login process creates or updates a `config.json` file that holds an authorization token.
+Review [how Kubernetes interprets this file](/docs/concepts/containers/images#config-json). 
 
 View the `config.json` file:
 
@@ -60,7 +61,8 @@ The output contains a section similar to this:
 
 {{< note >}}
 If you use a Docker credentials store, you won't see that `auth` entry but a `credsStore` entry with the name of the store as value.
-In that case, you can create a secret directly. See [Create a Secret by providing credentials on the command line](#create-a-secret-by-providing-credentials-on-the-command-line).
+In that case, you can create a secret directly.
+See [Create a Secret by providing credentials on the command line](#create-a-secret-by-providing-credentials-on-the-command-line).
 {{< /note >}}
 
 ## Create a Secret based on existing credentials {#registry-secret-existing-credentials}
@@ -211,7 +213,14 @@ kubectl get pod private-reg
 ```
 
 {{< note >}}
-In case the Pod fails to start with the status `ImagePullBackOff`, view the Pod events:
+To use image pull secrets for a Pod (or a Deployment, or other object that
+has a pod template that you are using), you need to make sure that the appropriate
+Secret does exist in the right namespace. The namespace to use is the same
+namespace where you defined the Pod.
+{{< /note >}}
+
+Also, in case the Pod fails to start with the status `ImagePullBackOff`, view the Pod events:
+
 ```shell
 kubectl describe pod private-reg
 ```
@@ -229,12 +238,6 @@ Events:
   ...  FailedToRetrieveImagePullSecret  ...  Unable to retrieve some image pull secrets (<regcred>); attempting to pull the image may not succeed.
 ```
 
-
-{{< /note >}}
-
-
-
-
 ## {{% heading "whatsnext" %}}
 
 * Learn more about [Secrets](/docs/concepts/configuration/secret/)