docker-save
Save an image(s) to a tar archive (streamed to STDOUT by default)
SYNOPSIS
docker save [--help] [-o|--output[=OUTPUT]] IMAGE [IMAGE...]
DESCRIPTION
Produces a tarred repository to the standard output stream. Contains all parent layers, and all tags + versions, or specified repo:tag.
Stream to a file instead of STDOUT by using -o.
OPTIONS
--help
Print usage statement
-o, --output=""
Write to a file, instead of STDOUT
EXAMPLES
Save all fedora repository images to a fedora-all.tar and save the latest fedora image to a fedora-latest.tar:
$ sudo docker save fedora > fedora-all.tar $ sudo docker save --output=fedora-latest.tar fedora:latest $ ls -sh fedora-all.tar 721M fedora-all.tar $ ls -sh fedora-latest.tar 367M fedora-latest.tar
See also
docker-load(1) to load an image from a tar archive on STDIN.
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⟩ November 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit ⟨SvenDowideit@home.org.au⟩