% podman-image-scp(1) ## NAME podman-image-scp - Securely copy an image from one host to another ## SYNOPSIS **podman image scp** [*options*] *name*[:*tag*] ## DESCRIPTION **podman image scp** copies container images between hosts on a network. You can load to the remote host or from the remote host as well as in between two remote hosts. Note: `::` is used to specify the image name depending on if you are saving or loading. Images can also be transferred from rootful to rootless storage on the same machine without using sshd. This feature is not supported on the remote client, including Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2) machines. **podman image scp [GLOBAL OPTIONS]** **podman image** *scp [OPTIONS] NAME[:TAG] [HOSTNAME::]* **podman image** *scp [OPTIONS] [HOSTNAME::]IMAGENAME* **podman image** *scp [OPTIONS] [HOSTNAME::]IMAGENAME [HOSTNAME::]* ## OPTIONS #### **--quiet**, **-q** Suppress the output #### **--help**, **-h** Print usage statement ## EXAMPLES ``` $ podman image scp alpine Loaded image(s): docker.io/library/alpine:latest ``` ``` $ podman image scp alpine Fedora::/home/charliedoern/Documents/alpine Getting image source signatures Copying blob 72e830a4dff5 done Copying config 85f9dc67c7 done Writing manifest to image destination Storing signatures Loaded image(s): docker.io/library/alpine:latest ``` ``` $ podman image scp Fedora::alpine RHEL:: Loaded image(s): docker.io/library/alpine:latest ``` ``` $ podman image scp charliedoern@192.168.68.126:22/run/user/1000/podman/podman.sock::alpine WARN[0000] Unknown connection name given. Please use system connection add to specify the default remote socket location Getting image source signatures Copying blob 9450ef9feb15 [--------------------------------------] 0.0b / 0.0b Copying config 1f97f0559c done Writing manifest to image destination Storing signatures Loaded image(s): docker.io/library/alpine:latest ``` ``` $ sudo podman image scp root@localhost::alpine username@localhost:: Copying blob e2eb06d8af82 done Copying config 696d33ca15 done Writing manifest to image destination Storing signatures Getting image source signatures Copying blob 5eb901baf107 skipped: already exists Copying config 696d33ca15 done Writing manifest to image destination Storing signatures Loaded image(s): docker.io/library/alpine:latest ``` ``` $ sudo podman image scp root@localhost::alpine Copying blob e2eb06d8af82 done Copying config 696d33ca15 done Writing manifest to image destination Storing signatures Getting image source signatures Copying blob 5eb901baf107 Copying config 696d33ca15 done Writing manifest to image destination Storing signatures Loaded image(s): docker.io/library/alpine:latest ``` ## SEE ALSO **[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-load(1)](podman-load.1.md)**, **[podman-save(1)](podman-save.1.md)**, **[podman-remote(1)](podman-remote.1.md)**, **[podman-system-connection-add(1)](podman-system-connection-add.1.md)**, **[containers.conf(5)](https://github.com/containers/common/blob/main/docs/containers.conf.5.md)**, **[containers-transports(5)](https://github.com/containers/image/blob/main/docs/containers-transports.5.md)** ## HISTORY July 2021, Originally written by Charlie Doern