diff --git a/client/src/pages/guide/english/docker/docker-load/index.md b/client/src/pages/guide/english/docker/docker-load/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bedfa88787 --- /dev/null +++ b/client/src/pages/guide/english/docker/docker-load/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +--- +title: Docker load +--- + +## Docker load + +`docker load` restores a Docker image from a tar archive. + +It is mostly used in conjunction with `docker save` command to transfer a Docker image without using Docker Hub or another registry. + +To load an image from a file named `nginx-backup.tar`, the following command can be run: + +``` +docker load -i nginx-backup.tar +``` + +This command also recognizes gzip, bzip2 and xz compression, and decompresses the file automatically. Therefore, it can be used even without decompressing manually: + +``` +docker load -i nginx-backup.tar.gz +``` + +#### More Information: +- [Docker CLI docs: load](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/load/)