How to save a Docker image in tar file

Question

Hi Guys,

I have created a Docker image in the Docker host. Now I want to share this image with another host. How can save this image in a tar file?

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

Sometimes we may require to copy an image from one machine to another machine. That time we can save an image to a tar file and load the image in another system.

$ docker save -o <path for generated tar file> <image name>