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Docker commit and export latest version of container

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Question 21 Feb 2021

Problem

User wants to save latest changes and move container to a different machine

Solution

sudo docker commit --change "Latest Version to export" container-name container-name:v2
sudo docker save container-name:v2 > container-name.tar

Reply 1 21 Feb 2021

Attached scripts to export containers and assigned volumes

Solution

edit docker-export.sh and change the following parameters

# Container name to export
NAME=container-name
# Username of the remote host to copy
USER=username
# Host to copy the exported container
HOST=newhost
# New version for the container
VERSION=2

run the following command

./docker-export.sh export

Attachments: docker-volumes.sh docker-export.sh

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