dagger/docs/guides/1216-docker-cli-load.md

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# Loading an image into a docker engine

Dagger can build, run, push and pull docker images natively, without the need of a Docker engine.
This feature is available in the package `universe.dagger.io/docker`.

However, sometimes after building an image, you specifically want to load it into your Docker engine.
This is possible with the *Docker CLI* package: `universe.dagger.io/docker/cli`.

Using `cli.#Load`, you can load an image built by Dagger into a local or remote engine.
It can be useful to debug or test a build locally before pushing.

## Local daemon

```cue file=../plans/docker-cli-load/local.cue

```

## Remote daemon, via SSH

```cue file=../plans/docker-cli-load/ssh.cue

```