% podman-push(1)
podman-push - Push an image from local storage to elsewhere
podman push [options] image [destination]
Pushes an image from local storage to a specified destination. Push is mainly used to push images to registries, however podman push can be used to save images to tarballs and directories using the following transports: dir:, docker-archive:, docker-daemon:, oci-archive:, and ostree:.
Image stored in local container/storage
The DESTINATION is a location to store container images The Image "DESTINATION" uses a "transport":"details" format. If a transport is not given, podman push will attempt to push to a registry.
Multiple transports are supported:
dir:path An existing local directory path storing the manifest, layer tarballs and signatures as individual files. This is a non-standardized format, primarily useful for debugging or noninvasive container inspection.
docker://docker-reference
An image in a registry implementing the "Docker Registry HTTP API V2". By default, uses the authorization state in $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/containers/auth.json
, which is set using (podman login)
. If the authorization state is not found there, $HOME/.docker/config.json
is checked, which is set using (docker login)
.
docker-archive:path[:docker-reference]
An image is stored in the docker save
formatted file. docker-reference is only used when creating such a file, and it must not contain a digest.
docker-daemon:docker-reference An image docker-reference stored in the docker daemon internal storage. docker-reference must contain either a tag or a digest. Alternatively, when reading images, the format can also be docker-daemon:algo:digest (an image ID).
oci-archive:path:tag An image tag in a directory compliant with "Open Container Image Layout Specification" at path.
ostree:image[@/absolute/repo/path] An image in local OSTree repository. /absolute/repo/path defaults to /ostree/repo.
--authfile
Path of the authentication file. Default is ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/containers/auth.json, which is set using podman login
.
If the authorization state is not found there, $HOME/.docker/config.json is checked, which is set using docker login
.
Note: You can also override the default path of the authentication file by setting the REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE
environment variable. export REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE=path
--creds="CREDENTIALS"
The [username[:password]] to use to authenticate with the registry if required. If one or both values are not supplied, a command line prompt will appear and the value can be entered. The password is entered without echo.
--cert-dir path
Use certificates at path (*.crt, *.cert, *.key) to connect to the registry. Default certificates directory is /etc/containers/certs.d.
--compress
Compress tarball image layers when pushing to a directory using the 'dir' transport. (default is same compression type, compressed or uncompressed, as source) Note: This flag can only be set when using the dir transport
--format, -f
Manifest Type (oci, v2s1, or v2s2) to use when pushing an image to a directory using the 'dir:' transport (default is manifest type of source) Note: This flag can only be set when using the dir transport
--quiet, -q
When writing the output image, suppress progress output
--remove-signatures
Discard any pre-existing signatures in the image
--signature-policy="PATHNAME"
Pathname of a signature policy file to use. It is not recommended that this option be used, as the default behavior of using the system-wide default policy (frequently /etc/containers/policy.json) is most often preferred
--sign-by="KEY"
Add a signature at the destination using the specified key
--tls-verify
Require HTTPS and verify certificates when contacting registries (default: true). If explicitly set to true, then TLS verification will be used. If set to false, then TLS verification will not be used. If not specified, TLS verification will be used unless the target registry is listed as an insecure registry in registries.conf.
This example extracts the imageID image to a local directory in docker format.
# podman push imageID dir:/path/to/image
This example extracts the imageID image to a local directory in oci format.
# podman push imageID oci-archive:/path/to/layout:image:tag
This example extracts the imageID image to a container registry named registry.example.com
# podman push imageID docker://registry.example.com/repository:tag
This example extracts the imageID image and puts into the local docker container store
# podman push imageID docker-daemon:image:tag
This example pushes the alpine image to umohnani/alpine on dockerhub and reads the creds from the path given to --authfile
# podman push --authfile temp-auths/myauths.json alpine docker://docker.io/umohnani/alpine
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob sha256:5bef08742407efd622d243692b79ba0055383bbce12900324f75e56f589aedb0
4.03 MB / 4.03 MB [========================================================] 1s
Copying config sha256:ad4686094d8f0186ec8249fc4917b71faa2c1030d7b5a025c29f26e19d95c156
1.41 KB / 1.41 KB [========================================================] 1s
Writing manifest to image destination
Storing signatures
This example pushes the rhel7 image to rhel7-dir with the "oci" manifest type
# podman push --format oci registry.access.redhat.com/rhel7 dir:rhel7-dir
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob sha256:9cadd93b16ff2a0c51ac967ea2abfadfac50cfa3af8b5bf983d89b8f8647f3e4
71.41 MB / 71.41 MB [======================================================] 9s
Copying blob sha256:4aa565ad8b7a87248163ce7dba1dd3894821aac97e846b932ff6b8ef9a8a508a
1.21 KB / 1.21 KB [========================================================] 0s
Copying config sha256:f1b09a81455c351eaa484b61aacd048ab613c08e4c5d1da80c4c46301b03cf3b
3.01 KB / 3.01 KB [========================================================] 0s
Writing manifest to image destination
Storing signatures
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