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systemd-importd.service(8)

SYSTEMD-IMPORTD.SERVICE(8) systemd-importd.service SYSTEMD-IMPORTD.SERVICE(8)


.SH "NAME" systemd-importd.service, systemd-importd - VM and container image import and export service


.SH "SYNOPSIS"


.PP systemd-importd.service


.PP /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-importd


.SH "DESCRIPTION"


.PP systemd-importd is a system service that allows importing, exporting and downloading of disk images. It provides the implementation for importctl(1)'s pull-raw, pull-tar, import-raw, import-tar, import-fs, export-raw, and export-tar commands.


.PP See org.freedesktop.import1(5) and org.freedesktop.LogControl1(5) for a description of the D-Bus API.


.SH "SEE ALSO"


.PP systemd(1), importctl(1), systemd-machined.service(8), systemd-nspawn(1), org.freedesktop.import1(5)

systemd 262.2

systemd 262.2-r1 · os · ingested 2026-11-06