DockerCLI/docs/reference/commandline/import.md

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title: "import"
description: "The import command description and usage"
keywords: "import, file, system, container"
---
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# import
```markdown
Usage: docker import [OPTIONS] file|URL|- [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]
Import the contents from a tarball to create a filesystem image
Options:
-c, --change value Apply Dockerfile instruction to the created image (default [])
--help Print usage
-m, --message string Set commit message for imported image
```
You can specify a `URL` or `-` (dash) to take data directly from `STDIN`. The
`URL` can point to an archive (.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, or .txz)
containing a filesystem or to an individual file on the Docker host. If you
specify an archive, Docker untars it in the container relative to the `/`
(root). If you specify an individual file, you must specify the full path within
the host. To import from a remote location, specify a `URI` that begins with the
`http://` or `https://` protocol.
The `--change` option will apply `Dockerfile` instructions to the image
that is created.
Supported `Dockerfile` instructions:
`CMD`|`ENTRYPOINT`|`ENV`|`EXPOSE`|`ONBUILD`|`USER`|`VOLUME`|`WORKDIR`
## Examples
**Import from a remote location:**
This will create a new untagged image.
$ docker import http://example.com/exampleimage.tgz
**Import from a local file:**
Import to docker via pipe and `STDIN`.
$ cat exampleimage.tgz | docker import - exampleimagelocal:new
Import with a commit message.
$ cat exampleimage.tgz | docker import --message "New image imported from tarball" - exampleimagelocal:new
Import to docker from a local archive.
$ docker import /path/to/exampleimage.tgz
**Import from a local directory:**
$ sudo tar -c . | docker import - exampleimagedir
**Import from a local directory with new configurations:**
$ sudo tar -c . | docker import --change "ENV DEBUG true" - exampleimagedir
Note the `sudo` in this example you must preserve
the ownership of the files (especially root ownership) during the
archiving with tar. If you are not root (or the sudo command) when you
tar, then the ownerships might not get preserved.