ctr (1) - Linux Manuals

Command to display ctr manual in Linux: $ man 1 ctr

ctr is an unsupported debug and administrative client for interacting with the containerd daemon. Because it is unsupported, the commands, options, and operations are not guaranteed to be backward compatible or stable from release to release of the containerd project.

NAME

ctr

SYNOPSIS

ctr

[--address|-a]=[value]
[--connect-timeout]=[value]
[--debug]
[--namespace|-n]=[value]
[--timeout]=[value]

Usage:

ctr [GLOBAL OPTIONS] command [COMMAND OPTIONS] [ARGUMENTS...]

GLOBAL OPTIONS

--address, -a="": address for containerd's GRPC server (default: /run/containerd/containerd.sock)

--connect-timeout="": timeout for connecting to containerd (default: 0s)

--debug: enable debug output in logs

--namespace, -n="": namespace to use with commands (default: default)

--timeout="": total timeout for ctr commands (default: 0s)

COMMANDS

plugins, plugin

provides information about containerd plugins

list, ls

lists containerd plugins

--detailed, -d: print detailed information about each plugin

--quiet, -q: print only the plugin ids

version

print the client and server versions

containers, c, container

manage containers

create

create container

--allow-new-privs: turn off OCI spec's NoNewPrivileges feature flag

--config, -c="": path to the runtime-specific spec config file

--cwd="": specify the working directory of the process

--device="": add a device to a container

--env="": specify additional container environment variables (i.e. FOO=bar)

--env-file="": specify additional container environment variables in a file(i.e. FOO=bar, one per line)

--gpus="": add gpus to the container (default: 0)

--label="": specify additional labels (i.e. foo=bar)

--memory-limit="": memory limit (in bytes) for the container (default: 0)

--mount="": specify additional container mount (ex: type=bind,src=/tmp,dst=/host,options=rbind:ro)

--net-host: enable host networking for the container

--no-pivot: disable use of pivot-root (linux only)

--pid-file="": file path to write the task's pid

--privileged: run privileged container

--read-only: set the containers filesystem as readonly

--rootfs: use custom rootfs that is not managed by containerd snapshotter

--runtime="": runtime name (default: io.containerd.runc.v2)

--seccomp: enable the default seccomp profile

--snapshotter="": snapshotter name. Empty value stands for the default value.

--tty, -t: allocate a TTY for the container

--with-ns="": specify existing Linux namespaces to join at container runtime (format '<nstype>:<path>')

delete, del, rm

delete one or more existing containers

--keep-snapshot: do not clean up snapshot with container

info

get info about a container

list, ls

list containers

--quiet, -q: print only the container id

label

set and clear labels for a container

checkpoint

checkpoint a container

--image: include the image in the checkpoint

--rw: include the rw layer in the checkpoint

--task: checkpoint container task

restore

restore a container from checkpoint

--live: restore the runtime and memory data from the checkpoint

--rw: restore the rw layer from the checkpoint

content

manage content

active

display active transfers

--root="": path to content store root (default: /tmp/content)

--timeout, -t="": total timeout for fetch (default: 0s)

delete, del, remove, rm

permanently delete one or more blobs

edit

edit a blob and return a new digest

--editor="": select editor (vim, emacs, etc.)

--validate="": validate the result against a format (json, mediatype, etc.)

fetch

fetch all content for an image into containerd

--all-metadata: Pull metadata for all platforms

--all-platforms: pull content from all platforms

--label="": labels to attach to the image

--metadata-only: Pull all metadata including manifests and configs

--plain-http: allow connections using plain HTTP

--platform="": Pull content from a specific platform

--refresh="": refresh token for authorization server

--skip-verify, -k: skip SSL certificate validation

--user, -u="": user[:password] Registry user and password

fetch-object

retrieve objects from a remote

--plain-http: allow connections using plain HTTP

--refresh="": refresh token for authorization server

--skip-verify, -k: skip SSL certificate validation

--user, -u="": user[:password] Registry user and password

get

get the data for an object

ingest

accept content into the store

--expected-digest="": verify content against expected digest

--expected-size="": validate against provided size (default: 0)

list, ls

list all blobs in the store

--quiet, -q: print only the blob digest

push-object

push an object to a remote

--plain-http: allow connections using plain HTTP

--refresh="": refresh token for authorization server

--skip-verify, -k: skip SSL certificate validation

--user, -u="": user[:password] Registry user and password

label

add labels to content

events, event

display containerd events

images, image, i

manage images

check

check that an image has all content available locally

--snapshotter="": snapshotter name. Empty value stands for the default value.

export

export images

--all-platforms: exports content from all platforms

--platform="": Pull content from a specific platform (default: [])

--skip-manifest-json: do not add Docker compatible manifest.json to archive

import

import images

--all-platforms: imports content for all platforms, false by default

--base-name="": base image name for added images, when provided only images with this name prefix are imported

--compress-blobs: compress uncompressed blobs when creating manifest (Docker format only)

--digests: whether to create digest images (default: false)

--index-name="": image name to keep index as, by default index is discarded

--no-unpack: skip unpacking the images, false by default

--snapshotter="": snapshotter name. Empty value stands for the default value.

list, ls

list images known to containerd

--quiet, -q: print only the image refs

pull

pull an image from a remote

--all-metadata: Pull metadata for all platforms

--all-platforms: pull content and metadata from all platforms

--label="": labels to attach to the image

--plain-http: allow connections using plain HTTP

--platform="": Pull content from a specific platform (default: [])

--refresh="": refresh token for authorization server

--skip-verify, -k: skip SSL certificate validation

--snapshotter="": snapshotter name. Empty value stands for the default value.

--user, -u="": user[:password] Registry user and password

push

push an image to a remote

--manifest="": digest of manifest

--manifest-type="": media type of manifest digest (default: application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json)

--plain-http: allow connections using plain HTTP

--refresh="": refresh token for authorization server

--skip-verify, -k: skip SSL certificate validation

--user, -u="": user[:password] Registry user and password

remove, rm

remove one or more images by reference

--sync: Synchronously remove image and all associated resources

tag

tag an image

--force: force target_ref to be created, regardless if it already exists

label

set and clear labels for an image

--replace-all, -r: replace all labels

leases

manage leases

list, ls

list all active leases

--quiet, -q: print only the blob digest

create

create lease

--expires, -x="": expiration of lease (0 value will not expire) (default: 24h0m0s)

--id="": set the id for the lease, will be generated by default

delete, rm

delete a lease

--sync: Synchronously remove leases and all unreferenced resources

namespaces, namespace, ns

manage namespaces

create, c

create a new namespace

list, ls

list namespaces

--quiet, -q: print only the namespace name

remove, rm

remove one or more namespaces

--cgroup, -c: delete the namespace's cgroup

label

set and clear labels for a namespace

pprof

provide golang pprof outputs for containerd

--debug-socket, -d="": socket path for containerd's debug server (default: /run/containerd/debug.sock)

block

goroutine blocking profile

goroutines

dump goroutine stack dump

heap

dump heap profile

profile

CPU profile

--seconds, -s="": duration for collection (seconds) (default: 30s)

threadcreate

goroutine thread creating profile

trace

collect execution trace

--seconds, -s="": trace time (seconds) (default: 5s)

run

run a container

--allow-new-privs: turn off OCI spec's NoNewPrivileges feature flag

--cgroup="": cgroup path (To disable use of cgroup, set to "" explicitly)

--config, -c="": path to the runtime-specific spec config file

--cwd="": specify the working directory of the process

--detach, -d: detach from the task after it has started execution

--device="": add a device to a container

--env="": specify additional container environment variables (i.e. FOO=bar)

--env-file="": specify additional container environment variables in a file(i.e. FOO=bar, one per line)

--fifo-dir="": directory used for storing IO FIFOs

--gpus="": add gpus to the container (default: 0)

--label="": specify additional labels (i.e. foo=bar)

--log-uri="": log uri

--memory-limit="": memory limit (in bytes) for the container (default: 0)

--mount="": specify additional container mount (ex: type=bind,src=/tmp,dst=/host,options=rbind:ro)

--net-host: enable host networking for the container

--no-pivot: disable use of pivot-root (linux only)

--null-io: send all IO to /dev/null

--pid-file="": file path to write the task's pid

--platform="": run image for specific platform

--privileged: run privileged container

--read-only: set the containers filesystem as readonly

--rm: remove the container after running

--rootfs: use custom rootfs that is not managed by containerd snapshotter

--runtime="": runtime name (default: io.containerd.runc.v2)

--seccomp: enable the default seccomp profile

--snapshotter="": snapshotter name. Empty value stands for the default value.

--tty, -t: allocate a TTY for the container

--with-ns="": specify existing Linux namespaces to join at container runtime (format '<nstype>:<path>')

snapshots, snapshot

manage snapshots

--snapshotter="": snapshotter name. Empty value stands for the default value.

commit

commit an active snapshot into the provided name

diff

get the diff of two snapshots. the default second snapshot is the first snapshot's parent.

--keep: keep diff content. up to creator to delete it.

--label="": labels to attach to the image

--media-type="": media type to use for creating diff (default: application/vnd.oci.image.layer.v1.tar+gzip)

--ref="": content upload reference to use

info

get info about a snapshot

list, ls

list snapshots

mounts, m, mount

mount gets mount commands for the snapshots

prepare

prepare a snapshot from a committed snapshot

--target, -t="": mount target path, will print mount, if provided

remove, rm

remove snapshots

label

add labels to content

tree

display tree view of snapshot branches

unpack

unpack applies layers from a manifest to a snapshot

--snapshotter="": snapshotter name. Empty value stands for the default value.

usage

usage snapshots

-b: display size in bytes

view

create a read-only snapshot from a committed snapshot

--target, -t="": mount target path, will print mount, if provided

tasks, t, task

manage tasks

attach

attach to the IO of a running container

checkpoint

checkpoint a container

--exit: stop the container after the checkpoint

--image-path="": path to criu image files

--work-path="": path to criu work files and logs

delete, rm

delete one or more tasks

--exec-id="": process ID to kill

--force, -f: force delete task process

exec

execute additional processes in an existing container

--cwd="": working directory of the new process

--detach, -d: detach from the task after it has started execution

--exec-id="": exec specific id for the process

--fifo-dir="": directory used for storing IO FIFOs

--log-uri="": log uri for custom shim logging

--tty, -t: allocate a TTY for the container

list, ls

list tasks

--quiet, -q: print only the task id

kill

signal a container (default: SIGTERM)

--all, -a: send signal to all processes inside the container

--exec-id="": process ID to kill

--signal, -s="": signal to send to the container

pause

pause an existing container

ps

list processes for container

resume

resume a paused container

start

start a container that have been created

--detach, -d: detach from the task after it has started execution

--fifo-dir="": directory used for storing IO FIFOs

--log-uri="": log uri

--null-io: send all IO to /dev/null

--pid-file="": file path to write the task's pid

metrics, metric

get a single data point of metrics for a task with the built-in Linux runtime

--format="": "table" or "json" (default: table)

install

install a new package

--libs, -l: install libs from the image

--path="": set an optional install path other than the managed opt directory

--replace, -r: replace any binaries or libs in the opt directory

shim

interact with a shim directly

--id="": container id

delete

delete a container with a task

exec

exec a new process in the task's container

--attach, -a: stay attached to the container and open the fifos

--cwd="": current working directory

--env, -e="": add environment vars (default: [])

--spec="": runtime spec

--stderr="": specify the path to the stderr fifo

--stdin="": specify the path to the stdin fifo

--stdout="": specify the path to the stdout fifo

--tty, -t: enable tty support

start

start a container with a task

state

get the state of all the processes of the task