docker-image-load (1) Linux Manual Page

docker-image-load – Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN

Synopsis

docker image load [OPTIONS]

Description

Loads a tarred repository from a file or the standard input stream. Restores both images and tags. Write image names or IDs imported it standard output stream.

Examples

$ docker images

REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE

busybox latest 769b9341d937 7 weeks ago 2.489 MB

$ docker load –input fedora.tar

# […]

Loaded image: fedora:rawhide

# […]

Loaded image: fedora:20

# […]

$ docker images

REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE

busybox latest 769b9341d937 7 weeks ago 2.489 MB

fedora rawhide 0d20aec6529d 7 weeks ago 387 MB

fedora 20 58394af37342 7 weeks ago 385.5 MB

fedora heisenbug 58394af37342 7 weeks ago 385.5 MB

fedora latest 58394af37342 7 weeks ago 385.5 MB

See also

docker-image-save(1) to save one or more images to a tar archive (streamed to STDOUT by default).

Options

-h, –help[=false]         help for load

-i, –input=""         Read from tar archive file, instead of STDIN

-q, –quiet[=false]         Suppress the load output

See Also

docker-image(1)