<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> <!-- This file is part of systemd. Copyright 2016 Lennart Poettering systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. --> <refentry id="systemd-importd.service" conditional='ENABLE_IMPORTD'> <refentryinfo> <title>systemd-importd.service</title> <productname>systemd</productname> <authorgroup> <author> <contrib>Developer</contrib> <firstname>Lennart</firstname> <surname>Poettering</surname> <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> </author> </authorgroup> </refentryinfo> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>systemd-importd.service</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname>systemd-importd.service</refname> <refname>systemd-importd</refname> <refpurpose>VM and container image import and export service</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <para><filename>systemd-importd.service</filename></para> <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-importd</filename></para> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para><command>systemd-importd</command> is a system service that allows importing, exporting and downloading of system images suitable for running as VM or containers. It is a companion service for <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and provides the implementation for <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machinectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s <command>pull-raw</command>, <command>pull-tar</command>, <command>import-raw</command>, <command>import-tar</command>, <command>export-raw</command>, and <command>export-tar</command> commands.</para> <para>See the <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/importd"> importd D-Bus API Documentation</ulink> for information about the APIs <filename>systemd-importd</filename> provides.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>See Also</title> <para> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machinectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> </para> </refsect1> </refentry>