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crictl — Manage CRI-compatible container runtimes. More information: <https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-

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Problem

How to use the crictl command: Manage CRI-compatible container runtimes. More information: <https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/blob/master/docs/crictl.md>.

Solution

crictl — Manage CRI-compatible container runtimes. More information: <https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/blob/master/docs/crictl.md>.

List all Kubernetes pods (Ready and NotReady):

crictl pods

List all containers (Running and Exited):

crictl ps {{[-a|--all]}}

List all images:

crictl images

Print information about specific containers:

crictl inspect {{container_id1 container_id2 ...}}

Open a specific shell inside a running container:

crictl exec {{[-it|--interactive --tty]}} {{container_id}} {{sh}}

Pull a specific image from a registry:

crictl pull {{image:tag}}

Print and follow logs of a specific container:

crictl logs {{[-f|--follow]}} {{container_id}}

Remove one or more images:

crictl rmi {{image_id1 image_id2 ...}}

Code Snippets

List all Kubernetes pods (Ready and NotReady)

crictl pods

List all containers (Running and Exited)

crictl ps {{[-a|--all]}}

List all images

crictl images

Print information about specific containers

crictl inspect {{container_id1 container_id2 ...}}

Open a specific shell inside a running container

crictl exec {{[-it|--interactive --tty]}} {{container_id}} {{sh}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/crictl

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