command: docker image load short: Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN long: | Loads a tarred repository from a file or the standard input stream. Restores both images and tags. Write image names or IDs imported it standard output stream. # EXAMPLES $ docker images REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE busybox latest 769b9341d937 7 weeks ago 2.489 MB $ docker load --input fedora.tar # […] Loaded image: fedora:rawhide # […] Loaded image: fedora:20 # […] $ docker images REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE busybox latest 769b9341d937 7 weeks ago 2.489 MB fedora rawhide 0d20aec6529d 7 weeks ago 387 MB fedora 20 58394af37342 7 weeks ago 385.5 MB fedora heisenbug 58394af37342 7 weeks ago 385.5 MB fedora latest 58394af37342 7 weeks ago 385.5 MB # See also **docker-image-save(1)** to save one or more images to a tar archive (streamed to STDOUT by default). usage: docker image load [OPTIONS] pname: docker image plink: docker_image.yaml options: - option: input shorthand: i description: Read from tar archive file, instead of STDIN - option: quiet shorthand: q default_value: "false" description: Suppress the load output