DOCKER(1)

NAME

docker-image-import - Import the contents from a tarball to create a filesystem image

SYNOPSIS

docker image import [OPTIONS] file|URL|- [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]

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 image import http://example.com/exampleimage.tgz example/imagerepo

Import from a local file

Import to docker via pipe and stdin:

    # cat exampleimage.tgz | docker image import - example/imagelocal

Import with a commit message.

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

Import to a Docker image from a local file.

    # docker image import /path/to/exampleimage.tgz

Import from a local file and tag

Import to docker via pipe and stdin:

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

Import from a local directory

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

See also

docker-export(1) to export the contents of a filesystem as a tar archive to STDOUT.

OPTIONS

-c, --change=
    Apply Dockerfile instruction to the created image

-h, --help[=false]
    help for import

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

SEE ALSO

docker-image(1)