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% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals
% William Henry
% APRIL 2014
# NAME
docker-import - Create an empty filesystem image and import the contents
of the tarball into it.
# SYNOPSIS
**docker import** 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 import http://example.com/exampleimage.tgz example/imagerepo
## Import from a local file
Import to docker via pipe and stdin:
# cat exampleimage.tgz | docker import - example/imagelocal
## Import from a local file and tag
Import to docker via pipe and stdin:
# cat exampleimageV2.tgz | docker import - example/imagelocal:V-2.0
## Import from a local directory
# tar -c . | docker import - exampleimagedir
# HISTORY
April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com)
based on docker.io source material and internal work.