Merge pull request #3994 from AnjaliMishra1st/docs-kind-load-images

docs: add example for loading multiple images with kind load docker-i…
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More usage can be discovered with `kind create cluster --help`. More usage can be discovered with `kind create cluster --help`.
The kind can auto-detect the [docker], [podman], or [nerdctl] installed and choose the available one. If you want to turn off the auto-detect, use the environment variable `KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_PROVIDER=docker`, `KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_PROVIDER=podman` or `KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_PROVIDER=nerdctl` to kind can auto-detect the [docker], [podman], or [nerdctl] installed and choose the available one. If you want to turn off the auto-detect, use the environment variable `KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_PROVIDER=docker`, `KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_PROVIDER=podman` or `KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_PROVIDER=nerdctl` to
select the runtime. select the runtime.
## Interacting With Your Cluster ## Interacting With Your Cluster
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## Loading an Image Into Your Cluster ## Loading an Image Into Your Cluster
Docker images can be loaded into your cluster nodes with: You can load one or more images into your kind cluster:
`kind load docker-image my-custom-image-0 my-custom-image-1` ```bash
kind load docker-image my-app:latest
```
> **Note**: If using a named cluster you will need to specify the name of the ```bash
> cluster you wish to load the images into: kind load docker-image my-app:latest my-db:latest my-cache:latest
> `kind load docker-image my-custom-image-0 my-custom-image-1 --name kind-2` ```
Note: If using a named cluster you will need to specify the name of the cluster:
```bash
kind load docker-image my-app:latest --name test-cluster
```
Additionally, image archives can be loaded with: Additionally, image archives can be loaded with:
`kind load image-archive /my-image-archive.tar` `kind load image-archive /my-image-archive.tar`
@@ -493,4 +501,4 @@ kind, the Kubernetes cluster itself, etc.
[Private Registries]: /docs/user/private-registries [Private Registries]: /docs/user/private-registries
[customize control plane with kubeadm]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/independent/control-plane-flags/ [customize control plane with kubeadm]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/independent/control-plane-flags/
[access multiple clusters]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/access-application-cluster/configure-access-multiple-clusters/ [access multiple clusters]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/access-application-cluster/configure-access-multiple-clusters/
[release notes]: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases [release notes]: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases