docker save: ability to save multiple images

Now from a single invocation of `docker save`, you can specify multiple
images to include in the output tar, or even just multiple tags of a
particular image/repo.

```
> docker save -o bundle.tar busybox ubuntu:lucid ubuntu:saucy fedora:latest
> tar tf ./bundle.tar | wc -l
42
> tar xOf ./bundle.tar repositories
{"busybox":{"latest":"2d8e5b282c81244037eb15b2068e1c46319c1a42b80493acb128da24b2090739"},"fedora":{"latest":"58394af373423902a1b97f209a31e3777932d9321ef10e64feaaa7b4df609cf9"},"ubuntu":{"lucid":"9cc9ea5ea540116b89e41898dd30858107c1175260fb7ff50322b34704092232","saucy":"9f676bd305a43a931a8d98b13e5840ffbebcd908370765373315926024c7c35e"}}
```

Further, this fixes the bug where the `repositories` file is not created
when saving a specific tag of an image (e.g. ubuntu:latest)

document multi-image save and updated API docs

Docker-DCO-1.1-Signed-off-by: Vincent Batts <vbatts@redhat.com> (github: vbatts)
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Vincent Batts
2014-08-28 20:22:33 -04:00
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- **200** – no error
- **500** – server error
### Get a tarball containing all images and tags in a repository
### Get a tarball containing all images in a repository
`GET /images/(name)/get`
Get a tarball containing all images and metadata for the repository
specified by `name`.
Get a tarball containing all images and metadata for the repository specified
by `name`.
If `name` is a specific name and tag (e.g. ubuntu:latest), then only that image
(and its parents) are returned. If `name` is an image ID, similarly only that
image (and its parents) are returned, but with the exclusion of the
'repositories' file in the tarball, as there were no image names referenced.
**Example request**
@@ -1356,6 +1361,34 @@ specified by `name`.
- **200** – no error
- **500** – server error
### Get a tarball containing of images.
`GET /images/get`
Get a tarball containing all images and metadata for one or more repositories.
For each value of the `names` parameter: if it is a specific name and tag (e.g.
ubuntu:latest), then only that image (and its parents) are returned; if it is
an image ID, similarly only that image (and its parents) are returned and there
would be no names referenced in the 'repositories' file for this image ID.
**Example request**
GET /images/get?names=myname%2Fmyapp%3Alatest&names=busybox
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/x-tar
Binary data stream
Status Codes:
- **200** – no error
- **500** – server error
### Load a tarball with a set of images and tags into docker
`POST /images/load`
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## save
Usage: docker save [OPTIONS] IMAGE
Usage: docker save [OPTIONS] IMAGE [IMAGE...]
Save an image to a tar archive (streamed to STDOUT by default)
Save an image(s) to a tar archive (streamed to STDOUT by default)
-o, --output="" Write to an file, instead of STDOUT
Produces a tarred repository to the standard output stream. Contains all
parent layers, and all tags + versions, or specified repo:tag.
Produces a tarred repository to the standard output stream.
Contains all parent layers, and all tags + versions, or specified repo:tag, for
each argument provided.
It is used to create a backup that can then be used with
`docker load`
It is used to create a backup that can then be used with ``docker load``
$ sudo docker save busybox > busybox.tar
$ ls -sh busybox.tar
@@ -1270,6 +1270,11 @@ It is used to create a backup that can then be used with
$ sudo docker save -o fedora-all.tar fedora
$ sudo docker save -o fedora-latest.tar fedora:latest
It is even useful to cherry-pick particular tags of an image repository
$ sudo docker save -o ubuntu.tar ubuntu:lucid ubuntu:saucy
## search
Search [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com) for images