docs/engine/reference/commandline/image_import.md

datafolder	datafile	title
engine-cli	docker_image_import	docker image import

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Examples

Import from a remote location

# docker image import http://example.com/exampleimage.tgz example/imagerepo

Import from a local file

Import to docker via pipe and stdin:

# cat exampleimage.tgz | docker image import - example/imagelocal

Import with a commit message.

# cat exampleimage.tgz | docker image import --message "New image imported from tarball" - exampleimagelocal:new

Import to a Docker image from a local file.

# docker image import /path/to/exampleimage.tgz

Import from a local file and tag

Import to docker via pipe and stdin:

# cat exampleimageV2.tgz | docker image import - example/imagelocal:V-2.0

Import from a local directory

# tar -c . | docker image 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 image import -c="ENV DEBUG true" - exampleimagedir