Search⌘ K

Pulling Images

Explore how to pull Docker images from Docker Hub to your local repository, understand image layers and caching, and learn command usage to verify and manage Docker images in your environment.

Pull an image from the Docker Hub

A clean Docker installation has an empty local repository.

The local repository is jargon for an area on our local machine where Docker stores images for more convenient access. We sometimes call it the image cache, and on Linux, it’s usually located in /var/lib/docker/<storage-driver>. However, it will be inside the Docker VM if we’re using the Docker Desktop.

Run the ...