DockerCLI/man/docker-import.1.md

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% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals
% Docker Community
% JUNE 2014
# NAME
docker-import - Create an empty filesystem image and import the contents of the tarball (.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, .txz) into it, then optionally tag it.
# SYNOPSIS
**docker import**
[**-c**|**--change**[= []**]]
[**-m**|**--message**[=*MESSAGE*]]
[**--help**]
file|URL|- [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]
# OPTIONS
**-c**, **--change**=[]
Apply specified Dockerfile instructions while importing the image
Supported Dockerfile instructions: `CMD`|`ENTRYPOINT`|`ENV`|`EXPOSE`|`ONBUILD`|`USER`|`VOLUME`|`WORKDIR`
**-m**, **--message**=""
Set commit message for imported image
# DESCRIPTION
Create a new filesystem image from the contents of a tarball (`.tar`,
`.tar.gz`, `.tgz`, `.bzip`, `.tar.xz`, `.txz`) into it, then optionally tag it.
# OPTIONS
**--help**
Print usage statement
# EXAMPLES
## Import from a remote location
# docker import http://example.com/exampleimage.tgz example/imagerepo
## Import from a local file
Import to docker via pipe and stdin:
# cat exampleimage.tgz | docker import - example/imagelocal
Import with a commit message
# cat exampleimage.tgz | docker import --message "New image imported from tarball" - exampleimagelocal:new
Import to a Docker image from a local file.
# docker import /path/to/exampleimage.tgz
## Import from a local file and tag
Import to docker via pipe and stdin:
# cat exampleimageV2.tgz | docker import - example/imagelocal:V-2.0
## Import from a local directory
# tar -c . | docker import - exampleimagedir
## Apply specified Dockerfile instructions while importing the image
This example sets the docker image ENV variable DEBUG to true by default.
# tar -c . | docker import -c="ENV DEBUG true" - exampleimagedir
# See also
**docker-export(1)** to export the contents of a filesystem as a tar archive to STDOUT.
# 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>