1containerd(1) General Commands Manual containerd(1)
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6 containerd - an industry-standard container runtime with an emphasis on
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11 containerd [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]
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15 containerd is a high performance container runtime whose daemon can be
16 started by using this command. If none of the config, publish, or help
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21 A default configuration is used if no TOML configuration is specified
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28 The publish command is used internally by parts of the containerd run‐
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35 Specify the default path to the configuration file (default:
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40 Set the logging level. Available levels are: [debug, info, warn,
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45 UNIX socket address for containerd's GRPC server to listen on
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50 The containerd root directory (default: "/var/lib/containerd").
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56 The containerd state directory (default: "/run/containerd"). A
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61 Show containerd command help text
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65 Print the containerd server version
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74 Phil Estes estesp@gmail.com ⟨mailto:estesp@gmail.com⟩
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78 ctr(1), containerd-config(1), containerd-config.toml(5)
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