Docker import Command

Docker import Command

docker import : Creates an image from an archive file.

Docker import Syntax

docker import [OPTIONS] file|URL|- [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]

OPTIONS Description.

• -c : Application of the docker command to create an image.
• -m : The description text for the commit.

Docker import Example

Create the image from the image archive my_ubuntu_v3.tar as apidemos/ubuntu:v4

apidemos@apidemos:~docker import  my_ubuntu_v3.tar apidemos/ubuntu:v4  
sha256:63ce4a6d6bc3fabb95dbd6c561404a309b7bdfc4e21c1d59fe9fe4299cbfea39
apidemos@apidemos:~ docker images apidemos/ubuntu:v4
REPOSITORY          TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             SIZE
apidemos/ubuntu       v4                  63ce4a6d6bc3        20 seconds ago      142.1 MB