% podman-save(1)

## NAME
podman\-save - Save image(s) to an archive

## SYNOPSIS
**podman save** [*options*] *name*[:*tag*]

**podman image save** [*options*] *name*[:*tag*]

## DESCRIPTION
**podman save** saves an image to a local file or directory.
**podman save** writes to STDOUT by default and can be redirected to a
file using the **output** flag. The **quiet** flag suppresses the output when set.
**podman save** will save parent layers of the image(s) and the image(s) can be loaded using **podman load**.
To export the containers, use the **podman export**.
Note: `:` is a restricted character and cannot be part of the file name.

**podman [GLOBAL OPTIONS]**

**podman save [GLOBAL OPTIONS]**

**podman save [OPTIONS] NAME[:TAG]**

## OPTIONS

#### **--compress**

Compress tarball image layers when pushing to a directory using the 'dir' transport. (default is same compression type, compressed or uncompressed, as source)
Note: This flag can only be set with **--format=docker-dir**.

#### **--format**=*format*

An image format to produce, one of:

| Format             | Description                                                                  |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **docker-archive** | A tar archive interoperable with **docker load(1)** (the default)            |
| **oci-archive**    | A tar archive using the OCI Image Format                                     |
| **oci-dir**        | A directory using the OCI Image Format                                       |
| **docker-dir**     | **dir** transport (see **containers-transports(5)**) with v2s2 manifest type |

#### **--help**, **-h**

Print usage statement

#### **--multi-image-archive**, **-m**

Allow for creating archives with more than one image.  Additional names will be interpreted as images instead of tags.  Only supported for **--format=docker-archive**.
The default for this option can be modified via the `multi_image_archive="true"|"false"` flag in containers.conf.

#### **--output**, **-o**=*file*

Write to a file, default is STDOUT

#### **--quiet**, **-q**

Suppress the output

#### **--uncompressed**

Accept uncompressed layers when using one of the OCI formats.

## EXAMPLES

```
$ podman save --quiet -o alpine.tar alpine:2.6
```

```
$ podman save > alpine-all.tar alpine
```

```
$ podman save -o oci-alpine.tar --format oci-archive alpine
```

```
$ podman save --compress --format oci-dir -o alp-dir alpine
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob sha256:2fdfe1cd78c20d05774f0919be19bc1a3e4729bce219968e4188e7e0f1af679d
 1.97 MB / 1.97 MB [========================================================] 0s
Copying config sha256:501d1a8f0487e93128df34ea349795bc324d5e0c0d5112e08386a9dfaff620be
 584 B / 584 B [============================================================] 0s
Writing manifest to image destination
Storing signatures
```

```
$ podman save --format docker-dir -o ubuntu-dir ubuntu
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob sha256:660c48dd555dcbfdfe19c80a30f557ac57a15f595250e67bfad1e5663c1725bb
 45.55 MB / 45.55 MB [======================================================] 8s
Copying blob sha256:4c7380416e7816a5ab1f840482c9c3ca8de58c6f3ee7f95e55ad299abbfe599f
 846 B / 846 B [============================================================] 0s
Copying blob sha256:421e436b5f80d876128b74139531693be9b4e59e4f1081c9a3c379c95094e375
 620 B / 620 B [============================================================] 0s
Copying blob sha256:e4ce6c3651b3a090bb43688f512f687ea6e3e533132bcbc4a83fb97e7046cea3
 849 B / 849 B [============================================================] 0s
Copying blob sha256:be588e74bd348ce48bb7161350f4b9d783c331f37a853a80b0b4abc0a33c569e
 169 B / 169 B [============================================================] 0s
Copying config sha256:20c44cd7596ff4807aef84273c99588d22749e2a7e15a7545ac96347baa65eda
 3.53 KB / 3.53 KB [========================================================] 0s
Writing manifest to image destination
Storing signatures
```

## SEE ALSO
**[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-load(1)](podman-load.1.md)**, **[containers.conf(5)](https://github.com/containers/common/blob/main/docs/containers.conf.5.md)**, **[containers-transports(5)](https://github.com/containers/image/blob/main/docs/containers-transports.5.md)**

## HISTORY
July 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani <umohnani@redhat.com>
