% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % Docker Community % JUNE 2014 # NAME docker-load - Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN # SYNOPSIS **docker load** [**--help**] [**-i**|**--input**[=*INPUT*]] # DESCRIPTION Loads a tarred repository from a file or the standard input stream. Restores both images and tags. # OPTIONS **--help** Print usage statement **-i**, **--input**="" Read from a tar archive file, instead of STDIN. The tarball may be compressed with gzip, bzip, or xz. # EXAMPLES $ docker images REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE busybox latest 769b9341d937 7 weeks ago 2.489 MB $ docker load --input fedora.tar $ docker images REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL 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-save(1)** to save an image(s) to a tar archive (streamed to STDOUT by default). # 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> July 2015 update by Mary Anthony <mary@docker.com>