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								title: Docker load
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								## Docker load
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								`docker load` restores a Docker image from a tar archive.
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								It is mostly used in conjunction with `docker save` command to transfer a Docker image without using Docker Hub or another registry.
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								To load an image from a file named `nginx-backup.tar`, the following command can be run:
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								docker load -i nginx-backup.tar
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								This command also recognizes gzip, bzip2 and xz compression, and decompresses the file automatically. Therefore, it can be used even without decompressing manually:
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								docker load -i nginx-backup.tar.gz
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								#### More Information:
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								- [Docker CLI docs: load](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/load/)
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