SYNOPSIS¶

containerd [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

DESCRIPTION¶

containerd is a high performance container runtime whose daemon can be started by using this command. If none of the config, publish, or help commands are specified the default action of the containerd 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 custom configuration.

The publish command is used internally by parts of the containerd runtime to publish events. It is not meant to be used as a standalone utility.

OPTIONS¶

--config value, -c value : Specify the default path to the configuration file (default: "/etc/containerd/config.toml")

--log-level value, -l value : Set the logging level. Available levels are: [debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic]

--address value, -a value : UNIX socket address for containerd's GRPC server to listen on (default: "/run/containerd/containerd.sock")

--root value : The containerd root directory (default: "/var/lib/containerd"). A persistent directory location where metadata and image content are stored

--state value : The containerd state directory (default: "/run/containerd"). A transient state directory used during containerd operation

--help, -h : Show containerd command help text

--version, -v : Print the containerd server version

BUGS¶

Please file any specific issues that you encounter at

⟨https://github.com/containerd/containerd⟩.

AUTHOR¶

Phil Estes ⟨estesp@gmail.com⟩

SEE ALSO¶

ctr(1), containerd-config(1), containerd-config.toml(5)