NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       docker load [--help] [-i|--input[=INPUT]]

DESCRIPTION

       Loads  a tarred repository from a file or the standard input stream.  Restores both images
       and tags.

OPTIONS

       --help
         Print usage statement

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

EXAMPLES

              $ sudo docker images
              REPOSITORY          TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             VIRTUAL SIZE
              busybox             latest              769b9341d937        7 weeks ago         2.489 MB
              $ sudo docker load --input fedora.tar
              $ sudo docker images
              REPOSITORY          TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             VIRTUAL 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-save(1) to save an image(s) to a tar archive (streamed to STDOUT by default).

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⟩