DOCKER(1)

NAME

docker-load - Load an image from a tar archive on STDIN

SYNOPSIS

docker load [--help][-i|--input[=INPUT]]

DESCRIPTION

Loads a tarred repository from a file or the standard input stream. Restores both images and tags.

OPTIONS

--help Print usage statement

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

EXAMPLES

    $ sudo docker images
    REPOSITORY          TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             VIRTUAL SIZE
    busybox             latest              769b9341d937        7 weeks ago         2.489 MB
    $ sudo docker load --input fedora.tar
    $ sudo docker images
    REPOSITORY          TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             VIRTUAL 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

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@home.org.au>

AUTHORS
Docker Community.