Get a docker image from a remote host imported onto the localhost in the most direct way possible.

GetDockerImage.sh

#!/bin/bash

#### either replace $USERNAME, $DOCKERHOST and $IMAGENAME in the command
#### or adjust and use the following export commands before running this as a script

# export USERNAME=xcsrz
# export DOCKERHOST=1.1.1.1
# export IMAGENAME=xcsrz/forth

ssh $USERNAME@$DOCKERHOST "sudo docker save $IMAGENAME | gzip -c" | gunzip -c | docker load