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% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % Docker Community % JUNE 2014
NAME
docker-load - Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN
SYNOPSIS
docker load [--help] [-i|--input[=INPUT]] [-q|--quiet]
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.
OPTIONS
--help Print usage statement
-i, --input="" Read from a tar archive file, instead of STDIN. The tarball may be compressed with gzip, bzip, or xz.
-q, --quiet Suppress the load progress bar but still outputs the imported images.
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-save(1) to save one or more images to a tar archive (streamed to STDOUT by default).
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 July 2015 update by Mary Anthony mary@docker.com June 2016 update by Vincent Demeester vincent@sbr.pm