NAME

podman-load - Load image(s) from tar archives, directories, or URLs into container storage

SYNOPSIS

podman load [options]

podman image load [options]

DESCRIPTION

podman load loads a saved image(s) into local container storage from tar archives, directories, or URLs pointing to an tar archive. By default, podman load reads from stdin, to load from any of the other input sources use the --input option.

podman load operates on images: it restores an archive created by podman save as the same image, preserving its layers, history and tags. This is different from podman import, which builds a new image from a root-filesystem tarball (such as one produced by podman export) with no image history. To import a container’s filesystem instead, see podman-import(1).

The local client further supports loading an oci-dir or a docker-dir as created with podman save (1).

The quiet option suppresses the progress output when set.

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

OPTIONS

--help, -h

Print usage statement

--input, -i=input

Load the specified input file or URL instead of reading from stdin. The input can be one of:

• A local tar archive (uncompressed or compressed)

• A local OCI or Docker directory layout

• A URL to a tar archive (not available on macOS and Windows)

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

EXAMPLES

Create an image from a compressed tar file, without showing progress.

$ podman load --quiet -i fedora.tar.gz

Create an image from the archive.tar file pulled from a URL, without showing progress.

$ podman load -q -i https://server.com/archive.tar

Create an image from a directory created with either podman-save --format oci-dir or --format docker-dir

$ podman load -i fedora/

Create an image from stdin using bash redirection from a tar file.

$ 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

Create an image from stdin using a pipe.

$ 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)

HISTORY

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