docker-load - Man Page
Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN
Examples (TL;DR)
- Load a Docker image from
stdin:docker < path/to/image_file.tar load - Load a Docker image from a specific file:
docker load [-i|--input] path/to/image_file.tar - Load a Docker image from a specific file in quiet mode:
docker load [-q|--quiet] [-i|--input] path/to/image_file.tar
Synopsis
docker load [Options]
Description
Alias for docker image load.
Options
-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
See Also
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