docker-import
Create an empty filesystem image and import the contents of the tarball (.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, .txz) into it, then optionally tag it.
SYNOPSIS
docker import [-c|--change[= []]] [--help**] URL|- [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]
OPTIONS
-c, --change=[]
Apply specified Dockerfile instructions while importing the image
Supported Dockerfile instructions:
ADD|CMD|ENTRYPOINT|ENV|EXPOSE|FROM|MAINTAINER|RUN|USER|LABEL|VOLUME|WORKDIR|COPY
DESCRIPTION
Create a new filesystem image from the contents of a tarball (.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, .txz) into it, then optionally tag it.
OPTIONS
--help
Print usage statement
Import from a remote location
# docker import http://example.com/exampleimage.tgz example/imagerepo
Import from a local file
Import to docker via pipe and stdin:
# cat exampleimage.tgz | docker import - example/imagelocal
Import from a local file and tag
Import to docker via pipe and stdin:
# cat exampleimageV2.tgz | docker import - example/imagelocal:V-2.0
Import from a local directory
# tar -c . | docker import - exampleimagedir
Apply specified Dockerfile instructions while importing the image
This example sets the docker image ENV variable DEBUG to true by default.
# tar -c . | docker import -c="ENV DEBUG true" - exampleimagedir
See also
docker-export(1) to export the contents of a filesystem as a tar archive to STDOUT.
HISTORY
April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.com source material and internal work. June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit ⟨SvenDowideit@home.org.au⟩