docker save
Description
Save one or more images to a tar archive (streamed to STDOUT by default)
Usage
docker save [OPTIONS] IMAGE [IMAGE...]
Options
| Name, shorthand | Default | Description |
--output , -o | Write to a file, instead of STDOUT |
Parent command
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| docker | The base command for the Docker CLI. |
Extended description
Produces a tarred repository to the standard output stream. Contains all parent layers, and all tags + versions, or specified repo:tag, for each argument provided.
Examples
Create a backup that can then be used with docker load.
$ docker save busybox > busybox.tar
$ ls -sh busybox.tar
2.7M busybox.tar
$ docker save --output busybox.tar busybox
$ ls -sh busybox.tar
2.7M busybox.tar
$ docker save -o fedora-all.tar fedora
$ docker save -o fedora-latest.tar fedora:latest
Save an image to a tar.gz file using gzip
You can use gzip to save the image file and make the backup smaller.
docker save myimage:latest | gzip > myimage_latest.tar.gz
Cherry-pick particular tags
You can even cherry-pick particular tags of an image repository.
$ docker save -o ubuntu.tar ubuntu:lucid ubuntu:saucy
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https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/save/