% podman-import(1)

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. Note: : is a restricted character and cannot be part of the file name.

OPTIONS

-c, –change=instruction

Apply the following possible instructions to the created image: CMD | ENTRYPOINT | ENV | EXPOSE | LABEL | STOPSIGNAL | USER | VOLUME | WORKDIR Can be set multiple times

–message, -m=message

Set commit message for imported image

–quiet, -q

Shows progress on the import

-verbose

Print additional debugging information

–help, -h

Print usage statement

EXAMPLES

$ 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

$ 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

$ podman import --change "CMD /bin/sh"  --change LABEL=blue=image test-image.tar image-imported
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob e3b0c44298fc skipped: already exists
Copying config ae9a27e249 done
Writing manifest to image destination
Storing signatures
ae9a27e249f801aff11a4ba54a81751ea9fbc9db45a6df3f1bfd63fc2437bb9c

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

$ 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

$ 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