% 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. **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 images(s): docker.io/library/alpine:latest ``` ## SEE ALSO podman(1), podman-load(1), podman-save(1), podman-remote(1), podman-system-connection-add(1), containers.conf(5), containers-transports(5) ## HISTORY July 2021, Originally written by Charlie Doern