containerd(8) System Manager's Manual containerd(8)
NAME
containerd
SYNOPSIS
containerd
[--address|-a]=[value]
[--config|-c]=[value]
[--log-level|-l]=[value]
[--root]=[value]
[--state]=[value]
DESCRIPTION
containerd is a high performance container runtime whose daemon can be
started by using this command. If none of the config, publish, oci-
hook, or help commands are specified, the default action of the con-
tainerd command is to start the containerd daemon in the foreground.
A default configuration is used if no TOML configuration is specified
or located at the default file location. The containerd config command
can be used to generate the default configuration for containerd. The
output of that command can be used and modified as necessary as a cus-
tom configuration.
Usage:
containerd [GLOBAL OPTIONS] command [COMMAND OPTIONS] [ARGUMENTS...]
GLOBAL OPTIONS
--address, -a="": Address for containerd's GRPC server
--config, -c="": Path to the configuration file (default: "/etc/con-
tainerd/config.toml")
--log-level, -l="": Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn,
error, fatal, panic]
--root="": containerd root directory
--state="": containerd state directory
COMMANDS
config
Information on the containerd config
default
See the output of the default config
dump
See the output of the final main config with imported in subconfig
files
migrate
Migrate the current configuration file to the latest version (does not
migrate subconfig files)
publish
Binary to publish events to containerd
--namespace="": Namespace to publish to
--topic="": Topic of the event
oci-hook
Provides a base for OCI runtime hooks to allow arguments to be in-
jected.
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