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skopeo sync [options] --src transport --dest transport source destination

Synchronize images between registry repositories and local directories. Synchronization is achieved by copying all the images found at source to destination - useful when synchronizing a local container registry mirror or for populating registries running inside of air-gapped environments.

Differently from other skopeo commands, skopeo sync requires both source and destination transports to be specified separately from source and destination. One of the problems of prefixing a destination with its transport is that, the registry docker://hostname:port would be wrongly interpreted as an image reference at a non-fully qualified registry, with hostname and port the image name and tag.

Available source transports:
- docker (i.e. --src docker): source is a repository hosted on a container registry (e.g.: registry.example.com/busybox).
If no image tag is specified, skopeo sync copies all the tags found in that repository.
- dir (i.e. --src dir): source is a local directory path (e.g.: /media/usb/). Refer to skopeo(1) dir:path for the local image format.
- yaml (i.e. --src yaml): source is local YAML file path.
The YAML file should specify the list of images copied from different container registries (local directories are not supported). Refer to Examples for the file format.

Available destination transports:
- docker (i.e. --dest docker): destination is a container registry (e.g.: my-registry.local.lan).
- dir (i.e. --dest dir): destination is a local directory path (e.g.: /media/usb/).
One directory per source 'image:tag' is created for each copied image.

When the --scoped option is specified, images are prefixed with the source image path so that multiple images with the same name can be stored at destination.

See also skopeo(1) for options placed before the subcommand name.

--all,  -a

If one of the images in src refers to a list of images, instead of copying just the image which matches the current OS and architecture (subject to the use of the global --override-os, --override-arch and --override-variant options), attempt to copy all of the images in the list, and the list itself.

--authfile path

Path of the authentication file. Default is ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/containers/auth.json, which is set using skopeo login. If the authorization state is not found there, $HOME/.docker/config.json is checked, which is set using docker login.

--src-authfile path

Path of the authentication file for the source registry. Uses path given by --authfile, if not provided.

--dest-authfile path

Path of the authentication file for the destination registry. Uses path given by --authfile, if not provided.

--dry-run

Run the sync without actually copying data to the destination.

--src,  -s transport

Transport for the source repository.

--dest,  -d transport

Destination transport.

--format,  -f manifest-type

Manifest Type (oci, v2s1, or v2s2) to use when syncing image(s) to a destination (default is manifest type of source, with fallbacks).

--help,  -h

Print usage statement.

--scoped

Prefix images with the source image path, so that multiple images with the same name can be stored at destination.

--append-suffix tag-suffix

String to append to destination tags.

--preserve-digests

Preserve the digests during copying. Fail if the digest cannot be preserved.

This option does not change what will be copied; consider using --all at the same time.

--remove-signatures

Do not copy signatures, if any, from source-image. This is necessary when copying a signed image to a destination which does not support signatures.

--sign-by key-id

Add a “simple signing” signature using that key ID for an image name corresponding to destination-image

--sign-by-sigstore param-file

Add a sigstore signature based on the options in the specified containers sigstore signing parameter file, param-file. See containers-sigstore-signing-params.yaml(5) for details about the file format.

--sign-by-sigstore-private-key path

Add a sigstore signature using a private key at path for an image name corresponding to destination-image

--sign-passphrase-file path

The passphare to use when signing with --sign-by or --sign-by-sigstore-private-key. Only the first line will be read. A passphrase stored in a file is of questionable security if other users can read this file. Do not use this option if at all avoidable.

--src-creds username[:password]

for accessing the source registry.

--dest-creds username[:password]

for accessing the destination registry.

--src-cert-dir path

Use certificates (*.crt, *.cert, *.key) at path to connect to the source registry or daemon.

--src-no-creds

Access the registry anonymously.

--src-tls-verify=bool

Require HTTPS and verify certificates when talking to a container source registry or daemon. Default to source registry entry in registry.conf setting.

--dest-cert-dir path

Use certificates (*.crt, *.cert, *.key) at path to connect to the destination registry or daemon.

--dest-no-creds

Access the registry anonymously.

--dest-tls-verify=bool

Require HTTPS and verify certificates when talking to a container destination registry or daemon. Default to destination registry entry in registry.conf setting.

--src-registry-token Bearer token

for accessing the source registry.

--dest-registry-token Bearer token

for accessing the destination registry.

--retry-times

 the number of times to retry, retry wait time will be exponentially increased based on the number of failed attempts.

--keep-going

If any errors occur during copying of images, those errors are logged and the process continues syncing rest of the images and finally fails at the end.

--src-username

The username to access the source registry.

--src-password

The password to access the source registry.

--dest-username

The username to access the destination registry.

--dest-password

The password to access the destination registry.

skopeo(1), skopeo-login(1), docker-login(1), containers-auth.json(5), containers-policy.json(5), containers-transports(5)

Flavio Castelli fcastelli@suse.com ⟨mailto:fcastelli@suse.com⟩, Marco Vedovati mvedovati@suse.com ⟨mailto:mvedovati@suse.com⟩

skopeo(1).