NAME

       podman-import - Import a tarball and save it as a filesystem image

SYNOPSIS

       podman import [options] path [reference]

       podman image import [options] path [reference]

DESCRIPTION

       podman  import  imports a tarball (.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, .txz) and saves it
       as a filesystem image. Remote tarballs can  be  specified  using  a  URL.   Various  image
       instructions  can  be  configured  with  the --change flag and a commit message can be set
       using the --message flag.  reference, if present, is a tag to assign to the image.  podman
       import  is  used  for importing from the archive generated by podman export, that includes
       the container's filesystem. To import the archive of image layers created by podman  save,
       use podman load.  Note: : is a restricted character and cannot be part of the file name.

OPTIONS

   --arch
       Set architecture of the imported image.

   --change, -c=instruction
       Apply  the  following possible instructions to the created image: CMD | ENTRYPOINT | ENV |
       EXPOSE | LABEL | STOPSIGNAL | USER | VOLUME | WORKDIR

       Can be set multiple times

   --help, -h
       Print usage statement

   --message, -m=message
       Set commit message for imported image

   --os
       Set OS of the imported image.

   --quiet, -q
       Shows progress on the import

   --variant
       Set variant of the imported image.

EXAMPLES

       Import the selected tarball into new image, specifying the CMD, ENTRYPOINT and LABEL:

       $ podman import --change CMD=/bin/bash --change ENTRYPOINT=/bin/sh --change LABEL=blue=image ctr.tar image-imported
       Getting image source signatures
       Copying blob sha256:b41deda5a2feb1f03a5c1bb38c598cbc12c9ccd675f438edc6acd815f7585b86
        25.80 MB / 25.80 MB [======================================================] 0s
       Copying config sha256:c16a6d30f3782288ec4e7521c754acc29d37155629cb39149756f486dae2d4cd
        448 B / 448 B [============================================================] 0s
       Writing manifest to image destination
       Storing signatures
       db65d991f3bbf7f31ed1064db9a6ced7652e3f8166c4736aa9133dadd3c7acb3

       Import the selected tarball into new image, specifying the CMD, ENTRYPOINT and LABEL:

       $ podman import --change 'ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/sh","-c","test-image"]'  --change LABEL=blue=image test-image.tar image-imported
       Getting image source signatures
       Copying blob e3b0c44298fc skipped: already exists
       Copying config 1105523502 done
       Writing manifest to image destination
       Storing signatures
       110552350206337183ceadc0bdd646dc356e06514c548b69a8917b4182414b

       Import new tagged image from stdin in quiet mode:

       $ cat ctr.tar | podman -q import --message "importing the ctr.tar file" - image-imported
       db65d991f3bbf7f31ed1064db9a6ced7652e3f8166c4736aa9133dadd3c7acb3

       Import an image from stdin:

       $ cat ctr.tar | podman import -
       Getting image source signatures
       Copying blob sha256:b41deda5a2feb1f03a5c1bb38c598cbc12c9ccd675f438edc6acd815f7585b86
        25.80 MB / 25.80 MB [======================================================] 0s
       Copying config sha256:d61387b4d5edf65edee5353e2340783703074ffeaaac529cde97a8357eea7645
        378 B / 378 B [============================================================] 0s
       Writing manifest to image destination
       Storing signatures
       db65d991f3bbf7f31ed1064db9a6ced7652e3f8166c4736aa9133dadd3c7acb3

       Import named image from tarball via a URL:

       $ podman import http://example.com/ctr.tar url-image
       Downloading from "http://example.com/ctr.tar"
       Getting image source signatures
       Copying blob sha256:b41deda5a2feb1f03a5c1bb38c598cbc12c9ccd675f438edc6acd815f7585b86
        25.80 MB / 25.80 MB [======================================================] 0s
       Copying config sha256:5813fe8a3b18696089fd09957a12e88bda43dc1745b5240879ffffe93240d29a
        419 B / 419 B [============================================================] 0s
       Writing manifest to image destination
       Storing signatures
       db65d991f3bbf7f31ed1064db9a6ced7652e3f8166c4736aa9133dadd3c7acb3

SEE ALSO

       podman(1), podman-export(1)

HISTORY

       November   2017,   Originally   compiled   by    Urvashi    Mohnani    umohnani@redhat.com
       ⟨mailto:umohnani@redhat.com⟩

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