% podman-push(1)

## NAME
podman\-push - Push an image from local storage to elsewhere

## SYNOPSIS
**podman push** [*options*] *image* [*destination*]

## DESCRIPTION
Pushes an image from local storage to a specified destination.
Push is mainly used to push images to registries, however **podman push**
can be used to save images to tarballs and directories using the following
transports: **dir:**, **docker-archive:**, **docker-daemon:**, **oci-archive:**, and **ostree:**.

## imageID
Image stored in local container/storage

## DESTINATION

 The DESTINATION is a location to store container images
 The Image "DESTINATION" uses a "transport":"details" format.
 If a transport is not given, podman push will attempt to push
 to a registry.

 Multiple transports are supported:

  **dir:**_path_
  An existing local directory _path_ storing the manifest, layer tarballs and signatures as individual files. This is a non-standardized format, primarily useful for debugging or noninvasive container inspection.

  **docker://**_docker-reference_
  An image in a registry implementing the "Docker Registry HTTP API V2". By default, uses the authorization state in `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/containers/auth.json`, which is set using `(podman login)`. If the authorization state is not found there, `$HOME/.docker/config.json` is checked, which is set using `(docker login)`.

  **docker-archive:**_path_[**:**_docker-reference_]
  An image is stored in the `docker save` formatted file.  _docker-reference_ is only used when creating such a file, and it must not contain a digest.

  **docker-daemon:**_docker-reference_
  An image _docker-reference_ stored in the docker daemon internal storage.  _docker-reference_ must contain either a tag or a digest.  Alternatively, when reading images, the format can also be docker-daemon:algo:digest (an image ID).

  **oci-archive:**_path_**:**_tag_
  An image _tag_ in a directory compliant with "Open Container Image Layout Specification" at _path_.

  **ostree:**_image_[**@**_/absolute/repo/path_]
  An image in local OSTree repository.  _/absolute/repo/path_ defaults to _/ostree/repo_.

## OPTIONS

**--authfile**

Path of the authentication file. Default is ${XDG_RUNTIME\_DIR}/containers/auth.json, which is set using `podman login`.
If the authorization state is not found there, $HOME/.docker/config.json is checked, which is set using `docker login`.

Note: You can also override the default path of the authentication file by setting the REGISTRY\_AUTH\_FILE
environment variable. `export REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE=path`

**--creds="CREDENTIALS"**

The [username[:password]] to use to authenticate with the registry if required.
If one or both values are not supplied, a command line prompt will appear and the
value can be entered.  The password is entered without echo.

**--cert-dir** *path*

Use certificates at *path* (\*.crt, \*.cert, \*.key) to connect to the registry.
Default certificates directory is _/etc/containers/certs.d_.

**--compress**

Compress tarball image layers when pushing to a directory using the 'dir' transport. (default is same compression type, compressed or uncompressed, as source)
Note: This flag can only be set when using the **dir** transport

**--format, -f**

Manifest Type (oci, v2s1, or v2s2) to use when pushing an image to a directory using the 'dir:' transport (default is manifest type of source)
Note: This flag can only be set when using the **dir** transport

**--quiet, -q**

When writing the output image, suppress progress output

**--remove-signatures**

Discard any pre-existing signatures in the image

**--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

**--sign-by="KEY"**

Add a signature at the destination using the specified key

**--tls-verify**

Require HTTPS and verify certificates when contacting registries (default: true). If explicitly set to true,
then TLS verification will be used. If set to false, then TLS verification will not be used. If not specified,
TLS verification will be used unless the target registry is listed as an insecure registry in registries.conf.

## EXAMPLE

This example extracts the imageID image to a local directory in docker format.

 `# podman push imageID dir:/path/to/image`

This example extracts the imageID image to a local directory in oci format.

 `# podman push imageID oci-archive:/path/to/layout:image:tag`

This example extracts the imageID image to a container registry named registry.example.com

 `# podman push imageID docker://registry.example.com/repository:tag`

This example extracts the imageID image and puts into the local docker container store

 `# podman push imageID docker-daemon:image:tag`

This example pushes the alpine image to umohnani/alpine on dockerhub and reads the creds from
the path given to --authfile

```
# podman push --authfile temp-auths/myauths.json alpine docker://docker.io/umohnani/alpine
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob sha256:5bef08742407efd622d243692b79ba0055383bbce12900324f75e56f589aedb0
 4.03 MB / 4.03 MB [========================================================] 1s
Copying config sha256:ad4686094d8f0186ec8249fc4917b71faa2c1030d7b5a025c29f26e19d95c156
 1.41 KB / 1.41 KB [========================================================] 1s
Writing manifest to image destination
Storing signatures
```

This example pushes the rhel7 image to rhel7-dir with the "oci" manifest type
```
# podman push --format oci registry.access.redhat.com/rhel7 dir:rhel7-dir
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob sha256:9cadd93b16ff2a0c51ac967ea2abfadfac50cfa3af8b5bf983d89b8f8647f3e4
 71.41 MB / 71.41 MB [======================================================] 9s
Copying blob sha256:4aa565ad8b7a87248163ce7dba1dd3894821aac97e846b932ff6b8ef9a8a508a
 1.21 KB / 1.21 KB [========================================================] 0s
Copying config sha256:f1b09a81455c351eaa484b61aacd048ab613c08e4c5d1da80c4c46301b03cf3b
 3.01 KB / 3.01 KB [========================================================] 0s
Writing manifest to image destination
Storing signatures
```

## SEE ALSO
podman(1), podman-pull(1), podman-login(1)