Ubuntu Manpage: buildah-pull - Pull an image from a registry.

NAME

       buildah-pull - Pull an image from a registry.

SYNOPSIS

       buildah pull [options] image

DESCRIPTION

       Pulls an image based upon the specified input. It supports all transports from containers-
       transports(5) (see examples below). If no transport is specified, the input is subject  to
       short-name  resolution (see containers-registries.conf(5)) and the docker (i.e., container
       registry) transport is used.

   DEPENDENCIES
       Buildah  resolves   the   path   to   the   registry   to   pull   from   by   using   the
       /etc/containers/registries.conf  file, containers-registries.conf(5).  If the buildah pull
       command fails with an "image not known" error, first verify that the registries.conf  file
       is installed and configured appropriately.

RETURN VALUE

       The image ID of the image that was pulled.  On error 1 is returned.

OPTIONS

--all-tags, -a

All tagged images in the repository will be pulled.

--arch="ARCH"

Set the ARCH of the image to be pulled to the provided value instead of using the
architecture of the host. (Examples: arm, arm64, 386, amd64, ppc64le, s390x)

--authfile path

Path of the authentication file. Default is ${XDG_\RUNTIME_DIR}/containers/auth.json. If
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set, the default is /run/containers/$UID/auth.json. This file is
created using buildah login.

If the authorization state is not found there, $HOME/.docker/config.json is checked, which
is set using docker login.

Note: You can also override the default path of the authentication file by setting the
REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE environment variable. export REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE=path

--cert-dir path

Use certificates at path (*.crt, *.cert, *.key) to connect to the registry. The default
certificates directory is /etc/containers/certs.d.

--creds creds

The [username[:password]] to use to authenticate with the registry if required. If one or
both values are not supplied, a command line prompt will appear and the value can be
entered. The password is entered without echo.

--decryption-key key[:passphrase]

The [key[:passphrase]] to be used for decryption of images. Key can point to keys and/or
certificates. Decryption will be tried with all keys. If the key is protected by a
passphrase, it is required to be passed in the argument and omitted otherwise.

--os="OS"

Set the OS of the image to be pulled instead of using the current operating system of the
host.

--platform="OS/ARCH[/VARIANT]"

Set the OS/ARCH of the image to be pulled to the provided value instead of using the
current operating system and architecture of the host (for example linux/arm).

OS/ARCH pairs are those used by the Go Programming Language. In several cases the ARCH
value for a platform differs from one produced by other tools such as the arch command.
Valid OS and architecture name combinations are listed as values for $GOOS and $GOARCH at
https://golang.org/doc/install/source#environment, and can also be found by running go
tool dist list.

NOTE: The --platform option may not be used in combination with the --arch, --os, or
--variant options.

--policy=always|missing|never|newer

Pull image policy. The default is missing.

• always: Always pull the image and throw an error if the pull fails.

• missing: Pull the image only if it could not be found in the local containers
storage. Throw an error if no image could be found and the pull fails.

• never: Never pull the image but use the one from the local containers storage.
Throw an error if no image could be found.

• newer: Pull if the image on the registry is newer than the one in the local
containers storage. An image is considered to be newer when the digests are
different. Comparing the time stamps is prone to errors. Pull errors are
suppressed if a local image was found.

--quiet, -q

If an image needs to be pulled from the registry, suppress progress output.

--remove-signatures

Don't copy signatures when pulling images.

--retry attempts

Number of times to retry in case of failure when performing pull of images from registry.

Defaults to 3.

--retry-delay duration

Duration of delay between retry attempts in case of failure when performing pull of images
from registry.

Defaults to 2s.

--tls-verify bool-value

Require HTTPS and verification of certificates when talking to container registries
(defaults to true). TLS verification cannot be used when talking to an insecure registry.

--variant=""

Set the architecture variant of the image to be pulled.

EXAMPLE

       buildah pull imagename

       buildah pull docker://myregistry.example.com/imagename

       buildah pull docker-daemon:imagename:imagetag

       buildah pull docker-archive:filename

       buildah pull oci-archive:filename

       buildah pull dir:directoryname

       buildah pull --tls-verify=false myregistry/myrepository/imagename:imagetag

       buildah         pull         --creds=myusername:mypassword        --cert-dir        ~/auth
       myregistry/myrepository/imagename:imagetag

       buildah pull --authfile=/tmp/auths/myauths.json myregistry/myrepository/imagename:imagetag

       buildah pull --arch=aarch64 myregistry/myrepository/imagename:imagetag

       buildah pull --arch=arm --variant=v7 myregistry/myrepository/imagename:imagetag

ENVIRONMENT

       BUILD_REGISTRY_SOURCES

       BUILD_REGISTRY_SOURCES, if set, is treated as  a  JSON  object  which  contains  lists  of
       registry    names    under    the    keys   insecureRegistries,   blockedRegistries,   and
       allowedRegistries.

       When pulling an image from a registry, if the name of the  registry  matches  any  of  the
       items  in  the  blockedRegistries  list,  the  image pull attempt is denied.  If there are
       registries in the allowedRegistries list, and the registry's name is not in the list,  the
       pull attempt is denied.

       TMPDIR  The  TMPDIR  environment variable allows the user to specify where temporary files
       are stored while pulling and pushing images.  Defaults to '/var/tmp'.

FILES

       registries.conf (/etc/containers/registries.conf)

       registries.conf is the configuration  file  which  specifies  which  container  registries
       should  be consulted when completing image names which do not include a registry or domain
       portion.

       policy.json (/etc/containers/policy.json)

       Signature policy file.  This defines the trust  policy  for  container  images.   Controls
       which container registries can be used for image, and whether or not the tool should trust
       the images.