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// * installing/disconnected_install/installing-mirroring-disconnected-v2.adoc

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= Preparing your mirror hosts

To use the oc-mirror plugin v2 for image mirroring, you must install the plugin and create a file with credentials for container images, enabling you to mirror from Red{nbsp}Hat to your mirror.