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\ No newline at end of file +This image can then be exported to a tarball and/or pushed to a Docker registry. + +## Using the generated image + +### Grab the image + +To publish the image, there are 2 ways: using a docker registry OR exporting to a tarball. + +In the first case, using the image is very easy as it can be pulled directly from the registry host using a 'docker pull' command. The main issue with this method is the efficiency: images are not compressed and it takes ages to transfer overlays to the client host. + +In the second case, the efficiency is better but requires to transfer the image archive manually. On the client host, loading the image is as simple as: + +``` +# wget -O - <archive_url> | docker load +``` + +### Instantiate a container + +The following command can be used as an example to instantiate a container: + + +``` +# ./create_container 0 +``` + +To instantiate more containers on the same host, the instance ID passed as argument must be different from the previous ones. + |