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community.docker.docker_image_load – Load docker image(s) from archives
Note
This plugin is part of the community.docker collection (version 1.10.0).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.docker.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.docker.docker_image_load.
New in version 1.3.0: of community.docker
Synopsis
- Load one or multiple Docker images from a 
.tararchive, and return information on the loaded image(s). 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- Docker API >= 1.23
 - Docker SDK for Python: Please note that the docker-py Python module has been superseded by docker (see here for details). This module does not work with docker-py.
 - Docker SDK for Python >= 2.5.0
 - Python >= 2.7
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| api_version
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "auto"
         | 
      
        
        The version of the Docker API running on the Docker Host.
        
       
        Defaults to the latest version of the API supported by Docker SDK for Python and the docker daemon.
        
       
        If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable  
       DOCKER_API_VERSION will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.
       aliases: docker_api_version  | 
     
| ca_cert
        
        path
         | 
      
        
        Use a CA certificate when performing server verification by providing the path to a CA certificate file.
        
       
        If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable  
       DOCKER_CERT_PATH is set, the file ca.pem from the directory specified in the environment variable DOCKER_CERT_PATH will be used.
       aliases: tls_ca_cert, cacert_path  | 
     |
| client_cert
        
        path
         | 
      
        
        Path to the client's TLS certificate file.
        
       
        If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable  
       DOCKER_CERT_PATH is set, the file cert.pem from the directory specified in the environment variable DOCKER_CERT_PATH will be used.
       aliases: tls_client_cert, cert_path  | 
     |
| client_key
        
        path
         | 
      
        
        Path to the client's TLS key file.
        
       
        If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable  
       DOCKER_CERT_PATH is set, the file key.pem from the directory specified in the environment variable DOCKER_CERT_PATH will be used.
       aliases: tls_client_key, key_path  | 
     |
| debug
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Debug mode
         | 
     
| docker_host
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "unix://var/run/docker.sock"
         | 
      
        
        The URL or Unix socket path used to connect to the Docker API. To connect to a remote host, provide the TCP connection string. For example,  
       tcp://192.0.2.23:2376. If TLS is used to encrypt the connection, the module will automatically replace tcp in the connection URL with https.
       
        If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable  
       DOCKER_HOST will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.
       aliases: docker_url  | 
     
| path
        
        path / required
         | 
      
        
        The path to the  .tar archive to load Docker image(s) from.
        | 
     |
| ssl_version
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Provide a valid SSL version number. Default value determined by ssl.py module.
        
       
        If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable  DOCKER_SSL_VERSION will be used instead.
        | 
     |
| timeout
        
        integer
         | 
      Default: 
        60
         | 
      
        
        The maximum amount of time in seconds to wait on a response from the API.
        
       
        If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable  DOCKER_TIMEOUT will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.
        | 
     
| tls
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Secure the connection to the API by using TLS without verifying the authenticity of the Docker host server. Note that if validate_certs is set to  
       yes as well, it will take precedence.
       
        If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable  DOCKER_TLS will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.
        | 
     
| tls_hostname
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        When verifying the authenticity of the Docker Host server, provide the expected name of the server.
        
       
        If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable  
       DOCKER_TLS_HOSTNAME will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.
       
        The current default value is  localhost. This default is deprecated and will change in community.docker 2.0.0 to be a value computed from docker_host. Explicitly specify localhost to make sure this value will still be used, and to disable the deprecation message which will be shown otherwise.
        | 
     |
| use_ssh_client
        
        boolean
        
       
        added in 1.5.0 of community.docker
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        For SSH transports, use the  
       ssh CLI tool instead of paramiko.
       
        Requires Docker SDK for Python 4.4.0 or newer.
         | 
     
| validate_certs
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Secure the connection to the API by using TLS and verifying the authenticity of the Docker host server.
        
       
        If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable  
       DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.
       aliases: tls_verify  | 
     
Notes
Note
- Does not support 
check_mode. - Connect to the Docker daemon by providing parameters with each task or by defining environment variables. You can define 
DOCKER_HOST,DOCKER_TLS_HOSTNAME,DOCKER_API_VERSION,DOCKER_CERT_PATH,DOCKER_SSL_VERSION,DOCKER_TLS,DOCKER_TLS_VERIFYandDOCKER_TIMEOUT. If you are using docker machine, run the script shipped with the product that sets up the environment. It will set these variables for you. See https://docs.docker.com/machine/reference/env/ for more details. - When connecting to Docker daemon with TLS, you might need to install additional Python packages. For the Docker SDK for Python, version 2.4 or newer, this can be done by installing 
docker[tls]with ansible.builtin.pip. - Note that the Docker SDK for Python only allows to specify the path to the Docker configuration for very few functions. In general, it will use 
$HOME/.docker/config.jsonif theDOCKER_CONFIGenvironment variable is not specified, and use$DOCKER_CONFIG/config.jsonotherwise. - This module uses the Docker SDK for Python to communicate with the Docker daemon.
 
Examples
- name: Load all image(s) from the given tar file
  community.docker.docker_image_load:
    path: /path/to/images.tar
  register: result
- name: Print the loaded image names
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "Loaded the following images: {{ result.image_names | join(', ') }}"
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| image_names
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      success | 
        
        List of image names and IDs loaded from the archive.
         Sample:
        
       
        ['hello-world:latest', 'sha256:e004c2cc521c95383aebb1fb5893719aa7a8eae2e7a71f316a4410784edb00a9']
         | 
     
| images
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      success | 
        
        Image inspection results for the loaded images.
          | 
     
Authors
- Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/docker/docker_image_load_module.html