containerd (Default)

Lima comes with the built-in integration for containerd and nerdctl (contaiNERD CTL):

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lima nerdctl run -d --name nginx -p 127.0.0.1:8080:80 nginx:alpine

or

nerdctl.lima run -d --name nginx -p 127.0.0.1:8080:80 nginx:alpine

• If you have installed Lima by make install, the nerdctl.lima command is also available as nerdctl.
• If you have installed Lima by brew install lima, you may make an alias (or a symlink) by yourself: alias nerdctl=nerdctl.lima {{% /tab %}} {{% tab header="Rootful" %}}

limactl start --containerd=system
lima sudo nerdctl run -d --name nginx -p 127.0.0.1:8080:80 nginx:alpine

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The usage of the nerdctl command is similar to the docker command. See the Command Reference.

Disabling containerd

To disable containerd, start an instance with --containerd=none:

limactl start --containerd=none