There is a default cli named ctr
based on the GRPC api.
This cli will allow you to create and manage containers run with containerd.
$ ctr -h
NAME:
ctr - High performance container daemon cli
USAGE:
ctr [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]
VERSION:
0.1.0 commit: 54c213e8a719d734001beb2cb8f130c84cc3bd20
COMMANDS:
checkpoints list all checkpoints
containers interact with running containers
events receive events from the containerd daemon
state get a raw dump of the containerd state
help, h Shows a list of commands or help for one command
GLOBAL OPTIONS:
--debug enable debug output in the logs
--address "/run/containerd/containerd.sock" address of GRPC API
--help, -h show help
--version, -v print the version
$ ctr containers start -h
NAME:
ctr containers start - start a container
USAGE:
ctr containers start [command options] [arguments...]
OPTIONS:
--checkpoint, -c checkpoint to start the container from
--attach, -a connect to the stdio of the container
--label, -l [--label option --label option] set labels for the container
$ sudo ctr containers start redis /containers/redis
/containers/redis
is the path to an OCI bundle. See the bundle docs for more information.
$ sudo ctr containers
ID PATH STATUS PROCESSES
1 /containers/redis running 14063
19 /containers/redis running 14100
14 /containers/redis running 14117
4 /containers/redis running 14030
16 /containers/redis running 14061
3 /containers/redis running 14024
12 /containers/redis running 14097
10 /containers/redis running 14131
18 /containers/redis running 13977
13 /containers/redis running 13979
15 /containers/redis running 13998
5 /containers/redis running 14021
9 /containers/redis running 14075
6 /containers/redis running 14107
2 /containers/redis running 14135
11 /containers/redis running 13978
17 /containers/redis running 13989
8 /containers/redis running 14053
7 /containers/redis running 14022
0 /containers/redis running 14006
$ ctr containers kill -h
NAME:
ctr containers kill - send a signal to a container or its processes
USAGE:
ctr containers kill [command options] [arguments...]
OPTIONS:
--pid, -p "init" pid of the process to signal within the container
--signal, -s "15" signal to send to the container
$ ctr containers exec -h
NAME:
ctr containers exec - exec another process in an existing container
USAGE:
ctr containers exec [command options] [arguments...]
OPTIONS:
--id container id to add the process to
--pid process id for the new process
--attach, -a connect to the stdio of the container
--cwd current working directory for the process
--tty, -t create a terminal for the process
--env, -e [--env option --env option] environment variables for the process
--uid, -u "0" user id of the user for the process
--gid, -g "0" group id of the user for the process
$ ctr containers stats -h
NAME:
ctr containers stats - get stats for running container
USAGE:
ctr containers stats [arguments...]
$ sudo ctr checkpoints redis
NAME TCP UNIX SOCKETS SHELL
test false false false
test2 false false false
$ ctr checkpoints create -h
NAME:
ctr checkpoints create - create a new checkpoint for the container
USAGE:
ctr checkpoints create [command options] [arguments...]
OPTIONS:
--tcp persist open tcp connections
--unix-sockets perist unix sockets
--exit exit the container after the checkpoint completes successfully
--shell checkpoint shell jobs
$ sudo ctr events
TYPE ID PID STATUS
exit redis 24761 0