skopeo-sync(1)

NAME
skopeo-sync - Synchronize images between registry repositories and local directories.

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

DESCRIPTION
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.

OPTIONS
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 primary registry credentials file. On Linux, the default is ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/containers/auth.json. See containers-auth.json(5) for more details about the credential search mechanism and defaults on other platforms.

Use skopeo login to manage the credentials.

The default value of this option is read from the REGISTRY\_AUTH\_FILE environment variable.

--src-authfile path

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

--dest-authfile path

Path of the primary registry credentials 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.

--digestfile path

After copying the images from source, write the digest of the resulting images along with Image Reference.
    sha256:bf91f90823248017a4f920fb541727fa8368dc6cf377a7debbd271cf6a31c8a7 docker://myhost.com/alpine:edge
    sha256:31603596830fc7e56753139f9c2c6bd3759e48a850659506ebfb885d1cf3aef5 docker://myhost.com/postgres:14.3

--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-by-sq-fingerprint fingerprint

Add a “simple signing” signature using a Sequoia-PGP key with the specified fingerprint.

--sign-passphrase-file path

The passphrase to use when signing with --sign-by, --sign-by-sigstore-private-key or --sign-by-sq-fingerprint. 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. By default, no retries are attempted.

--retry-delay

Fixed delay between retries. If not set (or set to 0s), 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.

EXAMPLES

  Synchronizing to a local directory
    $ skopeo sync --src docker --dest dir registry.example.com/busybox /media/usb

Images are located at:
    /media/usb/busybox:1-glibc
    /media/usb/busybox:1-musl
    /media/usb/busybox:1-ubuntu
    ...
    /media/usb/busybox:latest

  Synchronizing to a container registry from local
Images are located at:
    /media/usb/busybox:1-glibc

Sync run
    $ skopeo sync --src dir --dest docker /media/usb/busybox:1-glibc my-registry.local.lan/test/

Destination registry content:
    REPO                                 TAGS
    my-registry.local.lan/test/busybox   1-glibc

  Synchronizing to a local directory, scoped
    $ skopeo sync --src docker --dest dir --scoped registry.example.com/busybox /media/usb

Images are located at:
    /media/usb/registry.example.com/busybox:1-glibc
    /media/usb/registry.example.com/busybox:1-musl
    /media/usb/registry.example.com/busybox:1-ubuntu
    ...
    /media/usb/registry.example.com/busybox:latest

  Synchronizing to a container registry
    $ skopeo sync --src docker --dest docker registry.example.com/busybox my-registry.local.lan

Destination registry content:
    REPO                         TAGS
    registry.local.lan/busybox   1-glibc, 1-musl, 1-ubuntu, ..., latest

  Synchronizing to a container registry keeping the repository
    $ skopeo sync --src docker --dest docker registry.example.com/repo/busybox my-registry.local.lan/repo

Destination registry content:
    REPO                              TAGS
    registry.local.lan/repo/busybox   1-glibc, 1-musl, 1-ubuntu, ..., latest

  Synchronizing to a container registry with tag suffix
    $ skopeo sync --src docker --dest docker --append-suffix '-mirror' registry.example.com/busybox my-registry.local.lan

Destination registry content:
    REPO                         TAGS
    registry.local.lan/busybox   1-glibc-mirror, 1-musl-mirror, 1-ubuntu-mirror, ..., latest-mirror

  YAML file content (used source for **--src yaml**)
    registry.example.com:
        images:
            busybox: []
            redis:
                - "1.0"
                - "2.0"
                - "sha256:0000000000000000000000000000000011111111111111111111111111111111"
        images-by-tag-regex:
            nginx: ^1\.13\.[12]-alpine-perl$
        images-by-semver:
            alpine: ">= 3.12.0"
        credentials:
            username: john
            password: this is a secret
        tls-verify: true
        cert-dir: /home/john/certs
    quay.io:
        tls-verify: false
        images:
            coreos/etcd:
                - latest

If the yaml filename is sync.yml, sync run:
    $ skopeo sync --src yaml --dest docker sync.yml my-registry.local.lan/repo/

This will copy the following images: - Repository registry.example.com/busybox: all images, as no tags are specified. - Repository registry.example.com/redis: images tagged "1.0" and "2.0" along with image with digest "sha256:0000000000000000000000000000000011111111111111111111111111111111". - Repository registry.example.com/nginx: images tagged "1.13.1-alpine-perl" and "1.13.2-alpine-perl". - Repository quay.io/coreos/etcd: images tagged "latest". - Repository registry.example.com/alpine: all images with tags match the semantic version constraint ">= 3.12.0" ("3.12.0, "3.12.1", ... ,"4.0.0", ...)

The full list of possible semantic version comparisons can be found in the upstream library's documentation: https://github.com/Masterminds/semver/tree/v3.2.0#basic-comparisons.

Version ordering and precedence is understood as defined here: https://semver.org/#spec-item-11.

For the registry registry.example.com, the "john"/"this is a secret" credentials are used, with server TLS certificates located at /home/john/certs.

TLS verification is normally enabled, and it can be disabled setting tls-verify to false. In the above example, TLS verification is enabled for registry.example.com, while is disabled for quay.io.

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

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