docker-image-load - Man Page

• Load a Docker image from stdin: docker < path/to/image_file.tar [load|image load]
• Load a Docker image from a specific file: docker [load|image load] [-i|--input] path/to/image_file.tar
• Load a Docker image from a specific file in quiet mode: docker [load|image load] [-q|--quiet] [-i|--input] path/to/image_file.tar

tldr.sh

docker image load [Options]

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.

$ 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

docker-image-save(1) to save one or more images to a tar archive (streamed to STDOUT by default).

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

--platform=[] Load only the given platform(s). Formatted as a comma-separated list of "os[/arch[/variant]]" (e.g., "linux/amd64,linux/arm64/v8").

-q, --quiet[=false] Suppress the load output

docker-image(1)

docker-image(1), docker-image-save(1).