Source Host
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Commit the current container
docker commit <name or ID of the container instance> my_container_image
Save the container
docker save my_container_image | gzip > my_container_image.tar.gz
Copy the image and container to the destination host (e.g., cp, scp or rsync).
Destination Host
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Load the container
gunzip -c my_container_image.tar.gz | docker load
or
docker load -i mycontainer.tgz
— example —
$ sudo docker ps CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 3c18f283964d odoo:12.0 "/entrypoint.sh odoo" 6 weeks ago Up 12 days 8071-8072/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8012->8069/tcp odoo12 bed0248e1e48 postgres:10 "docker-entrypoint.s…" 6 weeks ago Up 12 days 0.0.0.0:5433->5432/tcp db12 298fc144c4d9 odoo "/entrypoint.sh odoo" 3 months ago Up 12 days 8071-8072/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8014->8069/tcp odoo14 3f1a829d8f69 postgres:10 "docker-entrypoint.s…" 3 months ago Up 12 days 5432/tcp db
# commit sudo docker commit db 15web_pgsql:170521 sudo docker commit odoo14 15web:170521 sudo docker commit db12 15collab_pgsql:170521 sudo docker commit odoo12 15collab:170521
# save sudo docker save 15web_pgsql:170521 | gzip > 15web_pgsql_170521_1245.tar.gz sudo docker save 15web:170521 | gzip > 15web_170521_1245.tar.gz sudo docker save 15collab_pgsql:170521 | gzip > 15collab_pgsql_170521_1245.tar.gz sudo docker save 15collab:170521 | gzip > 15collab_170521_1245.tar.gz
# remove images sudo docker rmi 15web_pgsql:170521 sudo docker rmi 15web:170521 sudo docker rmi 15collab_pgsql:170521 sudo docker rmi 15collab:170521
# load image sudo docker load -i 15web_pgsql_170521_1245.tar.gz sudo docker load -i 15web_170521_1245.tar.gz sudo docker load -i 15collab_pgsql_170521_1245.tar.gz sudo docker load -i 15collab_170521_1245.tar.gz