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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**[= []**]]
[**--help**]
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
# 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 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
# 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>