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6 SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
8 This file is part of systemd.
10 Copyright 2016 Lennart Poettering
13 <refentry id=
"systemd-importd.service" conditional='ENABLE_IMPORTD'
>
16 <title>systemd-importd.service
</title>
17 <productname>systemd
</productname>
21 <contrib>Developer
</contrib>
22 <firstname>Lennart
</firstname>
23 <surname>Poettering
</surname>
24 <email>lennart@poettering.net
</email>
30 <refentrytitle>systemd-importd.service
</refentrytitle>
31 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
35 <refname>systemd-importd.service
</refname>
36 <refname>systemd-importd
</refname>
37 <refpurpose>VM and container image import and export service
</refpurpose>
41 <para><filename>systemd-importd.service
</filename></para>
42 <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-importd
</filename></para>
46 <title>Description
</title>
48 <para><command>systemd-importd
</command> is a system service that allows importing, exporting and downloading of
49 system images suitable for running as VM or containers. It is a companion service for
50 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and provides the implementation for
51 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machinectl
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
52 <command>pull-raw
</command>,
<command>pull-tar
</command>,
<command>import-raw
</command>,
53 <command>import-tar
</command>,
<command>export-raw
</command>, and
<command>export-tar
</command> commands.
</para>
56 <ulink url=
"https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/importd">
57 importd D-Bus API Documentation
</ulink> for information about the
58 APIs
<filename>systemd-importd
</filename> provides.
</para>
62 <title>See Also
</title>
64 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
65 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machinectl
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
66 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
67 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>