umoci-raw-add-layer(1)(#)

Aleksa Sarai SEPTEMBER 2018

NAME
umoci raw add-layer - add a layer archive verbatim to an image

SYNOPSIS
umoci raw add-layer --image=image [--tag=tag] [--compress=compression-type] [--no-history] [--history.comment=comment] [--history.created_by=created_by] [--history.author=author] [--history-created=date] new-layer.tar

DESCRIPTION
Adds the uncompressed layer archive referenced by new-layer.tar verbatim to the image. Note that since this is done verbatim, no changes are made to the layer and thus any OCI-specific tar extensions (such as .wh. whiteout files) will be included unmodified. Use of this command is therefore only recommended for expert users, and more novice users should look at umoci-repack(1) to create their layers.

At the moment, umoci raw add-layer only supports appending layers to the end of the image layer list.

OPTIONS
The global options are defined in umoci(1).

--image=image[:tag]
  The source tag to use as the base of the image containing the new layer.
  image must be a path to a valid OCI image and tag must be a valid tag in
  the image. If tag is not provided it defaults to "latest".

--tag=tag
  The destination tag to use for the newly created image. tag must be a valid
  tag in the image. If tag is not provided it defaults to the tag specified
  in --image (overwriting it).

--compress=compression-type
  Specify the compression type to use when creating a new layer. Supported
  compression types are none, gzip, and zstd. umoci-unpack(1)
  transparently supports all compression methods you can specify with
  --compress.

  The special value auto will cause umoci(1) to auto-select the most
  appropriate compression algorithm based on what previous layers are
  compressed with (it will try to use the most recent layer's compression
  algorithm which it supports). Note that auto will never select none
  compression automatically, as not compressing tar(1) archives is really
  not advisable.

  If no compression-type is provided, it defaults to auto.

--no-history
  Causes no history entry to be added for this operation. This is not
  recommended for use with umoci-raw-add-layer(1), since it results in the
  history not including all of the image layers -- and thus will cause
  confusion with tools that look at image history.

--history.comment=comment
  Comment for the history entry corresponding to this modification of the image
  If unspecified, umoci(1) will generate an implementation-dependent value.

--history.created_by=created_by
  CreatedBy entry for the history entry corresponding to this modification of
  the image. If unspecified, umoci(1) will generate an
  implementation-dependent value.

--history.author=author
  Author value for the history entry corresponding to this modification of the
  image. If unspecified, this value will be the image's author value after
  any modifications were made by this call of umoci-config(1).

--history-created=date
  Creation date for the history entry corresponding to this modifications of
  the image. This must be an ISO8601 formatted timestamp (see date(1)). If
  unspecified, the current time is used.

EXAMPLE
The following takes an existing diff directory, creates a new archive from it and then inserts it into an existing image. Note that the new archive is not compressed (umoci will compress the archive for you).
    % tar cfC diff-layer.tar diff/ .
    % umoci raw add-layer --image oci:foo diff-layer.tar

SEE ALSO
umoci(1), umoci-repack(1)