docker load
Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN
Usage
$ docker load [OPTIONS]
Refer to the options section for an overview of available OPTIONS for this command.
Description
Load an image or repository from a tar archive (even if compressed with gzip, bzip2, or xz) from a file or STDIN. It restores both images and tags.
For example uses of this command, refer to the examples section below.
Options
| Name, shorthand | Default | Description |
--input , -i |
Read from tar archive file, instead of STDIN | |
--quiet , -q |
Suppress the load output |
Examples
$ docker image ls
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
Load images from STDIN
$ docker load < busybox.tar.gz
Loaded image: busybox:latest
$ docker images
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
busybox latest 769b9341d937 7 weeks ago 2.489 MB
Load images from a file (--input)
$ 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