importctl

linux

Download, Import, or Export disk images.

Examples (4)

Download image in tarball format from a url via pull

sudo importctl pull-tar URL path/to/directory

Pull or download from a remote source that is either raw or `.qcow2` file, and stores it as a raw file

sudo importctl pull-raw https://example.com/source.ext name --class=machine|portable|sysext|confext

Import a raw disk image into the image directory that is possibly compressed with xz, gzip, or bzip2

importctl import-raw path/to/file.ext name --class=machine|portable|sysext|confext

Export a container image as tarball into current working directory

importctl export-tar --class=machine|portable|sysext|confext name path/to/file.ext