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nerdctl — Docker-compatible CLI for containerd. More information: <https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl/blob/

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Problem

How to use the nerdctl command: Docker-compatible CLI for containerd. More information: <https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl/blob/main/docs/command-reference.md>.

Solution

nerdctl — Docker-compatible CLI for containerd. More information: <https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl/blob/main/docs/command-reference.md>.

List all containers (running and stopped):

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

Start a container from an image, with a custom name:

nerdctl run --name {{container_name}} {{image}}

Start or stop an existing container:

nerdctl {{start|stop}} {{container_name}}

Pull an image from a container registry:

nerdctl pull {{image}}

Display the list of already downloaded images:

nerdctl images

Open an interactive tty with Bourne shell (sh) inside a running container:

nerdctl exec {{[-it|--interactive --tty]}} {{container_name}} sh

Remove stopped containers:

nerdctl rm {{container1 container2 ...}}

Fetch and follow the logs of a container:

nerdctl logs {{[-f|--follow]}} {{container_name}}

Code Snippets

List all containers (running and stopped)

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

Start a container from an image, with a custom name

nerdctl run --name {{container_name}} {{image}}

Start or stop an existing container

nerdctl {{start|stop}} {{container_name}}

Pull an image from a container registry

nerdctl pull {{image}}

Display the list of already downloaded images

nerdctl images

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