github.com/kikitux/packer@v0.10.1-0.20160322154024-6237df566f9f/website/source/docs/post-processors/docker-save.html.md (about) 1 --- 2 description: | 3 The Packer Docker Save post-processor takes an artifact from the docker builder 4 that was committed and saves it to a file. This is similar to exporting the 5 Docker image directly from the builder, except that it preserves the hierarchy 6 of images and metadata. 7 layout: docs 8 page_title: 'docker-save Post-Processor' 9 ... 10 11 # Docker Save Post-Processor 12 13 Type: `docker-save` 14 15 The Packer Docker Save post-processor takes an artifact from the [docker 16 builder](/docs/builders/docker.html) that was committed and saves it to a file. 17 This is similar to exporting the Docker image directly from the builder, except 18 that it preserves the hierarchy of images and metadata. 19 20 We understand the terminology can be a bit confusing, but we've adopted the 21 terminology from Docker, so if you're familiar with that, then you'll be 22 familiar with this and vice versa. 23 24 ## Configuration 25 26 The configuration for this post-processor is extremely simple. 27 28 - `path` (string) - The path to save the image. 29 30 ## Example 31 32 An example is shown below, showing only the post-processor configuration: 33 34 ``` {.javascript} 35 { 36 "type": "docker-save", 37 "path": "foo.tar" 38 } 39 ```