Containerd is the recommended CRI (Container Runtime Interface). If docker was previously installed and containerd is enabled in the yaml spec, then the cluster will be migrated to containerd and docker will be uninstalled.
As CentOS, RHEL and Oracle Linux 8.x do not support Docker, the Containerd CRI is required.
Containerd 1.4.8+ has dropped support for Ubuntu 16.04.
If you are planning to upgrade your Containerd installation, it is highly recommended that you refer to the relevant documentation page for guidance and best practices.
The following host packages are required for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and Rocky Linux 9:
The following host packages are required for Amazon Linux 2023 and Ubuntu 24.04:
The containerd package does not need to match the version of the containerd add-on.
Not every version of Containerd is available for every OS. If your kURL spec requests a newer version of Containerd than can be installed for your current operating system, the latest version will be installed instead.
| Operating System | Latest Version |
|---|---|
| RHEL 7 | 1.6.33 |
| CentOS 7 | 1.6.33 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | 1.6.33 |
| Ubuntu 18.04 | 1.6.21 |
For instance, if you attempt to install Containerd 1.7.25 on a RHEL 7 system, kURL will instead install Containerd 1.6.33.
spec:
containerd:
version: 1.7.x
preserveConfig: false
tomlConfig: |
[debug]
"level" = "info"
| Flag | Usage |
|---|---|
| version | The version of containerd to be installed |
| tomlConfig | Containerd config settings that will be merged into /etc/containerd/config.toml |
| preserveConfig | This flag will ensure that nothing is changed in the existing containerd config on the system, regardless of other options. |