Docker-latest-import (1) Linux Manual Page

docker-import – Create an empty filesystem image and import the contents of the tarball (.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, .txz) into it, then optionally tag it.

Synopsis

docker import [-c|–change[=[]]] [-m|–message[=MESSAGE]] [–help] file|URL|–[REPOSITORY[:TAG]]

Options

–help
Print usage statement

-m, –message=""
Set commit message for imported image

Description

Create a new filesystem image from the contents of a tarball (.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, .txz) into it, then optionally tag it.

Examples

Import from a remote location

# docker import http://example.com/exampleimage.tgz example/imagerepo

Import from a local file

Import to docker via pipe and stdin:

# cat exampleimage.tgz | docker import – example/imagelocal

Import with a commit message.

# cat exampleimage.tgz | docker import –message "New image imported from tarball" – exampleimagelocal:new

Import to a Docker image from a local file.

# docker import /path/to/exampleimage.tgz

Import from a local file and tag

Import to docker via pipe and stdin:

# cat exampleimageV2.tgz | docker import – example/imagelocal:V-2.0

Import from a local directory

# tar -c . | docker import – exampleimagedir

Apply specified Dockerfile instructions while importing the image

This example sets the docker image ENV variable DEBUG to true by default.

# tar -c . | docker import -c="ENV DEBUG true" – exampleimagedir

History

April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.com source material and internal work. June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit [at] home.org.au>

docker-latest-import (1) Linux Manual Page