github.com/opencontainers/umoci@v0.4.8-0.20240508124516-656e4836fb0d/doc/man/umoci-init.1.md (about) 1 % umoci-init(1) # umoci init - Create a new OCI image layout 2 % Aleksa Sarai 3 % DECEMBER 2016 4 # NAME 5 umoci init - Create a new OCI image layout 6 7 # SYNOPSIS 8 **umoci init** 9 **--layout**=*image* 10 11 # DESCRIPTION 12 Creates a new OCI image layout. The new OCI image does not contain any new 13 references or blobs, but those can be created through the use of 14 **umoci-new**(1), **umoci-tag**(1), **umoci-repack**(1) and other similar 15 commands. 16 17 # OPTIONS 18 The global options are defined in **umoci**(1). 19 20 **--layout**=*image* 21 The path where the OCI image layout will be created. The path must not exist 22 already or **umoci-init**(1) will return an error. 23 24 # EXAMPLE 25 26 The following creates a brand new OCI image layout and then creates a blank tag 27 for further manipulation with **umoci-repack**(1) and **umoci-config**(1). 28 29 ``` 30 % umoci init --layout image 31 % umoci new --image image:tag 32 ``` 33 34 # SEE ALSO 35 **umoci**(1), **umoci-new**(1)