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9 <refentry id=
"systemd-importd.service" conditional='ENABLE_IMPORTD'
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12 <title>systemd-importd.service
</title>
13 <productname>systemd
</productname>
17 <refentrytitle>systemd-importd.service
</refentrytitle>
18 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
22 <refname>systemd-importd.service
</refname>
23 <refname>systemd-importd
</refname>
24 <refpurpose>VM and container image import and export service
</refpurpose>
28 <para><filename>systemd-importd.service
</filename></para>
29 <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-importd
</filename></para>
33 <title>Description
</title>
35 <para><command>systemd-importd
</command> is a system service that allows importing, exporting and downloading of
36 system images suitable for running as VM or containers. It is a companion service for
37 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and provides the implementation for
38 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machinectl
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
39 <command>pull-raw
</command>,
<command>pull-tar
</command>,
<command>import-raw
</command>,
40 <command>import-tar
</command>,
<command>export-raw
</command>, and
<command>export-tar
</command> commands.
</para>
43 <ulink url=
"https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/importd">
44 importd D-Bus API Documentation
</ulink> for information about the
45 APIs
<filename>systemd-importd
</filename> provides.
</para>
49 <title>See Also
</title>
51 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
52 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machinectl
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
53 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
54 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>