Containerd

lastmod 2026-08-10created 2020-04-2210 edits

An open and reliable container runtime.

ctr

Containerd CLI tools

Running nvidia-smi in k3s

Pull the Ubuntu image:

$ sudo k3s ctr images pull docker.io/library/ubuntu:latest

Run nvidia-smi:

$ sudo k3s ctr run --rm -t --gpus 0 docker.io/library/ubuntu:latest gpu-test nvidia-smi

See also

• Docker
• CNCF
• Golang
• CRI-O
• podman
• Bootc
• OCI
• Microsandbox - virtual machines that feel and behave like containers
• Apptainer - application containers for Linux

Favorite site

• containerd web site
• Github - containerd
• [Recommended] CONTAINER INTERNALS — Deep Dive ¹
  • Linux Namespaces, Control groups (Cgroups), Seccomp, SELinux
• Do you know why your container images should be smaller? - NGINX STORE

References