% podman-load(1)

NAME

podman-load - Load an image from a container image archive into container storage

SYNOPSIS

podman load [options] [name[:tag]]

podman image load [options] [name[:tag]]

DESCRIPTION

podman load loads an image from either an oci-archive or docker-archive stored on the local machine into container storage. podman load reads from stdin by default or a file if the input option is set. You can also specify a name for the image if the archive does not contain a named reference, of if you want an additional name for the local image.

The quiet option suppresses the progress output when set. Note: : is a restricted character and cannot be part of the file name.

podman [GLOBAL OPTIONS]

podman load [GLOBAL OPTIONS]

podman load [OPTIONS] NAME[:TAG]

OPTIONS

–input, -i=input

Read from archive file, default is STDIN.

The remote client requires the use of this option.

NOTE: Use the environment variable TMPDIR to change the temporary storage location of container images. Podman defaults to use /var/tmp.

–quiet, -q

Suppress the progress output

–help, -h

Print usage statement

EXAMPLES

$ podman load --quiet -i fedora.tar

$ podman load -q -i fedora.tar

$ podman load < fedora.tar
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob sha256:5bef08742407efd622d243692b79ba0055383bbce12900324f75e56f589aedb0
 0 B / 4.03 MB [---------------------------------------------------------------]
Copying config sha256:7328f6f8b41890597575cbaadc884e7386ae0acc53b747401ebce5cf0d624560
 0 B / 1.48 KB [---------------------------------------------------------------]
Writing manifest to image destination
Storing signatures
Loaded image:  registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:latest

$ cat fedora.tar | podman load
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob sha256:5bef08742407efd622d243692b79ba0055383bbce12900324f75e56f589aedb0
 0 B / 4.03 MB [---------------------------------------------------------------]
Copying config sha256:7328f6f8b41890597575cbaadc884e7386ae0acc53b747401ebce5cf0d624560
 0 B / 1.48 KB [---------------------------------------------------------------]
Writing manifest to image destination
Storing signatures
Loaded image:  registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:latest

SEE ALSO

podman(1), podman-save(1), podman-tag(1)

HISTORY

July 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani umohnani@redhat.com