Add Insecure Registry to Docker

Question

I have a docker 1.12 running on CentOS. I am trying to add insecure registry to it and things mentioned in documentation just don't work. The system uses systemd so I created a /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/50-insecure-registry.conf file.

$ cat /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/50-insecure-registry.conf
[Service]
Environment='DOCKER_OPTS=--insecure-registry="hostname.cloudapp.net:5000"'

After loading daemon and restarting docker service, systemd shows that the environment variable is there

$ sudo systemctl show docker | grep Env
Environment=DOCKER_OPTS=--insecure-registry="hostname.cloudapp.net:5000"

But when I run docker info I don't see that insecure registry added

$ docker info
........
Registry: https://index.docker.io/v1/
WARNING: bridge-nf-call-iptables is disabled
WARNING: bridge-nf-call-ip6tables is disabled
Insecure Registries:
    127.0.0.0/8

Pushing images to hostaneme.cloudapp.net fails with

Pushing application     (hostname.cloudapp.net:5000/application:latest)...
The push refers to a repository     [hostname.cloudapp.net:5000/mozart_application]
ERROR: Get https://hostname.cloudapp.net:5000/v1/_ping: http: server gave HTTP response to HTTPS client

Is there something that could be done ? Am I missing something ?

UPDATE

Resolved the issue by adding a file /etc/docker/daemon.json with following content

{
    "insecure-registries" : [ "hostname.cloudapp.net:5000" ]
}

And then restart docker

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart docker

After that insecure registry hostname.cloudapp.net:500 works.

Answer 1

(Copying answer from question)

To add an insecure docker registry, add the file /etc/docker/daemon.json with the following content:

{
    "insecure-registries" : [ "hostname.cloudapp.net:5000" ]
}

and then restart docker.