NAME

buildah-pull - Pull an image from a registry.

SYNOPSIS

buildah pull [options] image

DESCRIPTION

Pulls an image based upon the specified image name. Image names use a "transport":"details" format.

Multiple transports are supported:

dir:path
An existing local directory path containing the manifest, layer tarballs, and signatures in individual files. This is a non-standardized format, primarily useful for debugging or noninvasive image inspection.

docker://docker-reference (Default)
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 (buildah login). If the authorization state is not found there, $HOME/.docker/config.json is checked, which is set using (docker login).
If docker-reference does not include a registry name, localhost will be consulted first, followed by any registries named in the registries configuration.

docker-archive:path
An image is retrieved as a docker load formatted file.

docker-daemon:docker-reference
An image docker-reference stored in the docker daemon's internal storage. docker-reference must include either a tag or a digest. Alternatively, when reading images, the format can also be docker-daemon:algo:digest (an image ID).

oci:path:tag**
An image tag in a directory compliant with "Open Container Image Layout Specification" at path.

oci-archive:path:tag
An image tag in a directory compliant with "Open Container Image Layout Specification" at path.

RETURN VALUE

The image ID of the image that was pulled. On error 1 is returned.

OPTIONS

--all-tags, -a

All tagged images in the repository will be pulled.

--arch="ARCH"

Set the ARCH of the image to be pulled to the provided value instead of using the architecture of the host. (Examples: aarch64, arm, i686, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64)

--authfile path

Path of the authentication file. Default is ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/containers/auth.json, which is set using buildah login. If the authorization state is not found there, $HOME/.docker/config.json is checked, which is set using docker login.

--cert-dir path

Use certificates at path (*.crt, *.cert, *.key) to connect to the registry. The default certificates directory is /etc/containers/certs.d.

--creds creds

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.

--decryption-key key[:passphrase]

The [key[:passphrase]] to be used for decryption of images. Key can point to keys and/or certificates. Decryption will be tried with all keys. If the key is protected by a passphrase, it is required to be passed in the argument and omitted otherwise.

--quiet, -q

If an image needs to be pulled from the registry, suppress progress output.

--os="OS"

Set the OS of the image to be pulled instead of using the current operating system of the host.

--os="OS"

Set the OS of the image to be pulled to the provided value instead of using the current operating system of the host.

--policy=always|missing|never

Pull image policy. The default is missing.

--remove-signatures

Don't copy signatures when pulling images.

--tls-verify bool-value

Require HTTPS and verification of certificates when talking to container registries (defaults to true). TLS verification cannot be used when talking to an insecure registry.

--variant=""

Set the architecture variant of the image to be pulled.

EXAMPLE

buildah pull imagename

buildah pull docker://myregistry.example.com/imagename

buildah pull docker-daemon:imagename:imagetag

buildah pull docker-archive:filename

buildah pull oci-archive:filename

buildah pull dir:directoryname

buildah pull --tls-verify=false myregistry/myrepository/imagename:imagetag

buildah pull --creds=myusername:mypassword --cert-dir  /auth myregistry/myrepository/imagename:imagetag

buildah pull --authfile=/tmp/auths/myauths.json myregistry/myrepository/imagename:imagetag

buildah pull --arch=aarch64 myregistry/myrepository/imagename:imagetag

buildah pull --arch=arm --variant=v7 myregistry/myrepository/imagename:imagetag

ENVIRONMENT

BUILD_REGISTRY_SOURCES

BUILD_REGISTRY_SOURCES, if set, is treated as a JSON object which contains lists of registry names under the keys insecureRegistries, blockedRegistries, and allowedRegistries.

When pulling an image from a registry, if the name of the registry matches any of the items in the blockedRegistries list, the image pull attempt is denied. If there are registries in the allowedRegistries list, and the registry's name is not in the list, the pull attempt is denied.

TMPDIR The TMPDIR environment variable allows the user to specify where temporary files are stored while pulling and pushing images. Defaults to '/var/tmp'.

FILES

registries.conf (/etc/containers/registries.conf)

registries.conf is the configuration file which specifies which container registries should be consulted when completing image names which do not include a registry or domain portion.

policy.json (/etc/containers/policy.json)

Signature policy file. This defines the trust policy for container images. Controls which container registries can be used for image, and whether or not the tool should trust the images.

SEE ALSO

buildah(1), buildah-from(1), buildah-login(1), docker-login(1), containers-policy.json(5), containers-registries.conf(5)