SYNOPSIS

       ctr [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

DESCRIPTION

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

OPTIONS

       The following commands are available in the ctr utility:

       plugins,plugin : Provides information about containerd plugins

       version : Prints the client and server versions

       containers,c,container : Manages and interacts with containers

       content : Manages and interacts with content

       events,event : Displays containerd events

       images,image : Manages and interacts with images

       namespaces,namespace : Manages and interacts with containerd namespaces

       pprof : Provides golang pprof outputs for containerd

       run : Runs a container

       snapshots,snapshot : Manages and interacts with snapshots

       tasks,t,task : Manages and interacts with tasks

       shim : Interacts with a containerd shim directly

       help,h : Displays a list of commands or help for one specific command

       The following global options apply to all ctr commands:

       --debug : Enable debug output in logs

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

       --timeout value : Total timeout for ctr commands (default: 0s)

       --connect-timeout value : Timeout for connecting to containerd (default: 0s)

       --namespace value, -n value : Namespace to use with commands (default: default) [also read
       from $CONTAINERD_NAMESPACE]

       --help, -h : Show help text

       --version, -v : Prints the ctr version

BUGS

       Note  that  the  ctr utility is not an officially supported part of the containerd project
       releases.

       However, please feel free to file any specific issues that you encounter at

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

AUTHOR

       Phil Estes ⟨estesp@gmail.com⟩

SEE ALSO

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

                                            01/30/2018                                     ctr(1)