% podman-load(1) ## NAME podman\-load - Load an image from docker archive ## SYNOPSIS **podman load** *name*[:*tag*|@*digest*] ## DESCRIPTION **podman load** copies an image from either **docker-archive** or **oci-archive** stored on the local machine. **podman load** reads from stdin by default or a file if the **input** flag is set. The **quiet** flag suppresses the output when set. Note: `:` is a restricted character and cannot be part of the file name. **podman [GLOBAL OPTIONS]** **podman load [GLOBAL OPTIONS]** **podman load [OPTIONS] NAME[:TAG|@DIGEST]** ## OPTIONS **--input, -i** Read from archive file, default is STDIN **--quiet, -q** Suppress the output **--signature-policy="PATHNAME"** Pathname of a signature policy file to use. It is not recommended that this option be used, as the default behavior of using the system-wide default policy (frequently */etc/containers/policy.json*) is most often preferred **--help**, **-h** Print usage statement ## EXAMPLES ``` $ podman load --quiet -i fedora.tar ``` ``` $ podman load -q --signature-policy /etc/containers/policy.json -i fedora.tar ``` ``` $ podman load < fedora.tar Getting image source signatures Copying blob sha256:5bef08742407efd622d243692b79ba0055383bbce12900324f75e56f589aedb0 0 B / 4.03 MB [---------------------------------------------------------------] Copying config sha256:7328f6f8b41890597575cbaadc884e7386ae0acc53b747401ebce5cf0d624560 0 B / 1.48 KB [---------------------------------------------------------------] Writing manifest to image destination Storing signatures Loaded image: registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:latest ``` ``` $ cat fedora.tar | podman load Getting image source signatures Copying blob sha256:5bef08742407efd622d243692b79ba0055383bbce12900324f75e56f589aedb0 0 B / 4.03 MB [---------------------------------------------------------------] Copying config sha256:7328f6f8b41890597575cbaadc884e7386ae0acc53b747401ebce5cf0d624560 0 B / 1.48 KB [---------------------------------------------------------------] Writing manifest to image destination Storing signatures Loaded image: registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:latest ``` ## SEE ALSO podman(1), podman-save(1), crio(8) ## HISTORY July 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani