% podman-import 1

## NAME
podman\-import - Import a tarball and save it as a filesystem image

## SYNOPSIS
**podman import** [*options*] *path* [*reference*]

**podman image import** [*options*] *path* [*reference*]

## DESCRIPTION
**podman import** imports a tarball (possibly compressed using Gzip, Bzip2, XZ or Zstd)
and saves it as a filesystem image. Remote tarballs can be specified using a URL.
Various image instructions can be configured with the **--change** flag and
a commit message can be set using the **--message** flag.
**reference**, if present, is a tag to assign to the image.
**podman import** is used for importing from the archive generated by **podman export**, that includes the container's filesystem. To import the archive of image layers created by **podman save**, use **podman load**.

**podman import** builds a *new* image from a root-filesystem tarball (such as one produced by **podman export**), as a single layer with no prior image history. This is different from **podman load**, which restores an *image* archived by **podman save**, preserving its layers, history and tags. To load an image archive instead, see **podman-load(1)**.

Note: `:` is a restricted character and cannot be part of the file name.

## OPTIONS

#### **--arch**

Set architecture of the imported image.

#### **--change**, **-c**=*instruction*

Apply the following possible instructions to the created image:
**CMD** | **ENTRYPOINT** | **ENV** | **EXPOSE** | **LABEL** | **STOPSIGNAL** | **USER** | **VOLUME** | **WORKDIR**

Can be set multiple times

#### **--help**, **-h**

Print usage statement

#### **--message**, **-m**=*message*

Set commit message for imported image

#### **--os**

Set OS of the imported image.

#### **--quiet**, **-q**

Shows progress on the import

#### **--variant**

Set variant of the imported image.

## EXAMPLES

Import the selected tarball into new image, specifying the CMD, ENTRYPOINT and LABEL:
```
$ podman import --change CMD=/bin/bash --change ENTRYPOINT=/bin/sh --change LABEL=blue=image ctr.tar image-imported
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob sha256:b41deda5a2feb1f03a5c1bb38c598cbc12c9ccd675f438edc6acd815f7585b86
 25.80 MB / 25.80 MB [======================================================] 0s
Copying config sha256:c16a6d30f3782288ec4e7521c754acc29d37155629cb39149756f486dae2d4cd
 448 B / 448 B [============================================================] 0s
Writing manifest to image destination
Storing signatures
db65d991f3bbf7f31ed1064db9a6ced7652e3f8166c4736aa9133dadd3c7acb3
```

Import the selected tarball into new image, specifying the CMD, ENTRYPOINT and LABEL:
```
$ podman import --change 'ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/sh","-c","test-image"]'  --change LABEL=blue=image test-image.tar image-imported
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob e3b0c44298fc skipped: already exists
Copying config 1105523502 done
Writing manifest to image destination
Storing signatures
110552350206337183ceadc0bdd646dc356e06514c548b69a8917b4182414b
```

Import new tagged image from stdin in quiet mode:
```
$ cat ctr.tar | podman -q import --message "importing the ctr.tar file" - image-imported
db65d991f3bbf7f31ed1064db9a6ced7652e3f8166c4736aa9133dadd3c7acb3
```

Import an image from stdin:
```
$ cat ctr.tar | podman import -
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob sha256:b41deda5a2feb1f03a5c1bb38c598cbc12c9ccd675f438edc6acd815f7585b86
 25.80 MB / 25.80 MB [======================================================] 0s
Copying config sha256:d61387b4d5edf65edee5353e2340783703074ffeaaac529cde97a8357eea7645
 378 B / 378 B [============================================================] 0s
Writing manifest to image destination
Storing signatures
db65d991f3bbf7f31ed1064db9a6ced7652e3f8166c4736aa9133dadd3c7acb3
```

Import named image from tarball via a URL:
```
$ podman import http://example.com/ctr.tar url-image
Downloading from "http://example.com/ctr.tar"
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob sha256:b41deda5a2feb1f03a5c1bb38c598cbc12c9ccd675f438edc6acd815f7585b86
 25.80 MB / 25.80 MB [======================================================] 0s
Copying config sha256:5813fe8a3b18696089fd09957a12e88bda43dc1745b5240879ffffe93240d29a
 419 B / 419 B [============================================================] 0s
Writing manifest to image destination
Storing signatures
db65d991f3bbf7f31ed1064db9a6ced7652e3f8166c4736aa9133dadd3c7acb3
```

## SEE ALSO
**[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-export(1)](podman-export.1.md)**

## HISTORY
November 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani <umohnani@redhat.com>
