From b34e38ba7512c67953cde4585cd68886611f79f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: beawolf Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 23:08:08 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Created guide for docker load command. (#18787) * Created guide for docker load command. * Updated subheading for consistency. --- .../guide/english/docker/docker-load/index.md | 24 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) create mode 100644 client/src/pages/guide/english/docker/docker-load/index.md 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/)