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<refentry id="systemd-importd.service" conditional='ENABLE_IMPORTD'>
<refentryinfo>
<title>systemd-importd.service</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
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<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>systemd-importd.service</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd-importd.service</refname>
<refname>systemd-importd</refname>
<refpurpose>VM and container image import and export service</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para><filename>systemd-importd.service</filename></para>
<para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-importd</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><command>systemd-importd</command> is a system service that allows importing, exporting and downloading of
system images suitable for running as VM or containers. It is a companion service for
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and provides the implementation for
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>machinectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
<command>pull-raw</command>, <command>pull-tar</command>, <command>import-raw</command>,
<command>import-tar</command>, <command>export-raw</command>, and <command>export-tar</command> commands.</para>
<para>See the
<ulink url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/importd">
importd D-Bus API Documentation</ulink> for information about the
APIs <filename>systemd-importd</filename> provides.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>machinectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>