DOCKER(1)

NAME

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)