crictl Command Examples

Command-line for 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 ...}}