NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       docker image load [OPTIONS]

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.

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

OPTIONS

       -h, --help[=false]      help for load

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

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

SEE ALSO

       docker-image(1)