1containerd(1) General Commands Manual containerd(1)
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6 containerd [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]
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10 containerd is a high performance container runtime whose daemon can be
11 started by using this command. If none of the config, publish, or help
12 commands are specified the default action of the containerd command is
13 to start the containerd daemon in the foreground.
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16 A default configuration is used if no TOML configuration is specified
17 or located at the default file location. The containerd config command
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20 tom configuration.
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23 The publish command is used internally by parts of the containerd run‐
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29 --config value, -c value : Specify the default path to the configura‐
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33 --log-level value, -l value : Set the logging level. Available levels
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37 --address value, -a value : UNIX socket address for containerd's GRPC
38 server to listen on (default: "/run/containerd/containerd.sock")
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41 --root value : The containerd root directory (default: "/var/lib/con‐
42 tainerd"). A persistent directory location where metadata and image
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46 --state value : The containerd state directory (default: "/run/contain‐
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50 --help, -h : Show containerd command help text
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53 --version, -v : Print the containerd server version
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63 Phil Estes ⟨estesp@gmail.com⟩
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67 ctr(1), containerd-config(1), containerd-config.toml(5)
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