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Documented steps
Export an image to a tar file: `docker save -o busybox.tar busybox` (alias of docker image save; streams to STDOUT by default).
Gzip to save space: `docker save myimage:latest | gzip > myimage.tar.gz` (docker load reads gzip/bzip2/xz/zstd).
Save only specific tags: `docker save -o ubuntu.tar ubuntu:lucid ubuntu:saucy`.
Restore images from a tar: `docker load -i busybox.tar` (alias of docker image load) or `docker load < busybox.tar`.
Filter by platform when the archive holds multiple: `docker load -i image.tar --platform=linux/amd64` and `docker save --platform=linux/arm64/v8 -o a.tar img`.
Official docs: https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/image/save/ and https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/image/load/
Known gotchas
docker save outputs the tar to STDOUT by default — redirect to a file (>) or use -o, or the terminal gets binary garbage.
docker load restores BOTH images and tags; it does not scrub existing layers already present.
--platform on save/load requires the requested platform variant to exist in the store/archive, else: 'no suitable export target' / 'image might be filtered out'.
The tar uses the OCI/docker format; it is portable to another machine/daemon but gzip shrinks it substantially for backups.
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