How To Install containerd on Fedora 34
containerd is Open and reliable container runtime
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install containerd on Fedora 34.
What is containerd
Containerd is an industry-standard container runtime with an emphasis on simplicity, robustness and portability. It is available as a daemon for Linux and Windows, which can manage the complete container lifecycle of its host system low-level storage and network attachments, etc.
We can use yum or dnf to install containerd on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install containerd.
Install containerd on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install containerd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install containerd
Install containerd on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install containerd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install containerd
How To Uninstall containerd on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the containerd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove containerd
containerd Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/containerd
/etc/containerd/config.toml
/usr/bin/containerd
/usr/bin/containerd-shim
/usr/bin/containerd-shim-runc-v1
/usr/bin/containerd-shim-runc-v2
/usr/bin/containerd-stress
/usr/bin/ctr
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/9c7df37b042f6c9dc385f4041088dd7966f024
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/0c5b2abf3a3041c9f57c68a21ed6568afa5e04
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/80799ef0ca775672b98dce42f67edcfd13ed45
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/ca2268d79dc38ddc8047f248530e51a8210ab1
/usr/lib/.build-id/99
/usr/lib/.build-id/99/7ad5d6b90e26c240f1bf4e9ef850a07b8e186a
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/ecdfcf5c7b6bf5a0522ec9ed076b2b0d2e0db0
/usr/lib/systemd/system/containerd.service
/usr/share/doc/containerd
/usr/share/doc/containerd/BUILDING.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/README.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/RELEASES.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/ROADMAP.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/SCOPE.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/code-of-conduct.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/.editorconfig
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/PLUGINS.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/RUNC.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/SECURITY_AUDIT.pdf
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/client-opts.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/content-flow.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/architecture.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/architecture.png
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/config.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/containerd.png
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/cri.png
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/crictl.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/decryption.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/installation.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/performance.png
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/proposal.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/registry.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/testing.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/garbage-collection.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/getting-started.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/man
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/man/containerd-config.8.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/man/containerd-config.toml.5.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/managed-opt.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/namespaces.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/ops.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/remote-snapshotter.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/rootless.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/stream_processors.md
/usr/share/licenses/containerd
/usr/share/licenses/containerd/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/containerd/NOTICE
/usr/share/man/man5/containerd-config.toml.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/containerd-config.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/containerd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ctr.8.gz
/etc/containerd
/etc/containerd/config.toml
/usr/bin/containerd
/usr/bin/containerd-shim
/usr/bin/containerd-shim-runc-v1
/usr/bin/containerd-shim-runc-v2
/usr/bin/containerd-stress
/usr/bin/ctr
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/7db7b78af0d925f77bb858bcb155ceb5f73cf1
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/0cfa5fbd9b17b94659c5d60b79cbd7cc1e5d77
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/8fb02a622cccd5c6b7b36e7a823e5cd47da9ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/b0049ef5d4e619b58175e21e26553124c054c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/a6da00b78cc8ff1cc372450f5fd6d6d28e6270
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/677a3581767e53090cc5d6a5fb257d1dbdccc7
/usr/lib/systemd/system/containerd.service
/usr/share/doc/containerd
/usr/share/doc/containerd/BUILDING.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/README.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/RELEASES.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/ROADMAP.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/SCOPE.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/code-of-conduct.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/.editorconfig
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/PLUGINS.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/RUNC.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/SECURITY_AUDIT.pdf
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/client-opts.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/content-flow.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/architecture.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/architecture.png
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/config.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/containerd.png
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/cri.png
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/crictl.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/decryption.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/installation.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/performance.png
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/proposal.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/registry.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/cri/testing.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/garbage-collection.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/getting-started.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/hosts.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/man
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/man/containerd-config.8.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/man/containerd-config.toml.5.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/managed-opt.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/namespaces.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/ops.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/remote-snapshotter.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/rootless.md
/usr/share/doc/containerd/docs/stream_processors.md
/usr/share/licenses/containerd
/usr/share/licenses/containerd/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/containerd/NOTICE
/usr/share/man/man5/containerd-config.toml.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/containerd-config.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/containerd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ctr.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install containerd on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
