Mapping from dockercli to crictl
- Mapping from docker CLI to crictl

Mapping from dockercli to crictl

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crictl is a command-line interface for CRI-compatible container runtimes. You can use it to inspect and debug container runtimes and applications on a Kubernetes node. crictl and its source are hosted in the cri-tools repository.

This page provides a reference for mapping common commands for the docker command-line tool into the equivalent commands for crictl.

Mapping from docker CLI to crictl

The exact versions for the mapping table are for docker CLI v1.40 and crictl v1.19.0. This list is not exhaustive. For example, it doesn’t include experimental docker CLI commands.

Note: The output format of crictl is similar to docker CLI, despite some missing columns for some CLI. Make sure to check output for the specific command if your command output is being parsed programmatically.

Retrieve debugging information

mapping from docker cli to crictl - retrieve debugging information
docker cli	crictl	Description	Unsupported Features
`attach`	`attach`	Attach to a running container	`—detach-keys`, `—sig-proxy`
`exec`	`exec`	Run a command in a running container	`—privileged`, `—user`, `—detach-keys`
`images`	`images`	List images
`info`	`info`	Display system-wide information
`inspect`	`inspect`, `inspecti`	Return low-level information on a container, image or task
`logs`	`logs`	Fetch the logs of a container	`—details`
`ps`	`ps`	List containers
`stats`	`stats`	Display a live stream of container(s) resource usage statistics	Column: NET/BLOCK I/O, PIDs
`version`	`version`	Show the runtime (Docker, ContainerD, or others) version information

Perform Changes

mapping from docker cli to crictl - perform changes
docker cli	crictl	Description	Unsupported Features
`create`	`create`	Create a new container
`kill`	`stop` (timeout = 0)	Kill one or more running container	`—signal`
`pull`	`pull`	Pull an image or a repository from a registry	`—all-tags`, `—disable-content-trust`
`rm`	`rm`	Remove one or more containers
`rmi`	`rmi`	Remove one or more images
`run`	`run`	Run a command in a new container
`start`	`start`	Start one or more stopped containers	`—detach-keys`
`stop`	`stop`	Stop one or more running containers
`update`	`update`	Update configuration of one or more containers	`—restart`, `—blkio-weight` and some other resource limit not supported by CRI.

Supported only in crictl

mapping from docker cli to crictl - supported only in crictl
crictl	Description
`imagefsinfo`	Return image filesystem info
`inspectp`	Display the status of one or more pods
`port-forward`	Forward local port to a pod
`pods`	List pods
`runp`	Run a new pod
`rmp`	Remove one or more pods
`stopp`	Stop one or more running pods