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Transferring a Docker image via SSH
# docker save | streamed images to STDOUT
# bzip2 | compress image an the fly
# pv | show progress bar
# ssh | forward stream to remote host
# bunzip2 | decompress on remote host
# docker load | reimport on remote host
docker save <image> | bzip2 | pv | ssh user@host 'bunzip2 | docker load'
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