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Containerd (nerdctl)

nerdctl is CLI-compatible with Docker and therefore can be used by creating a symbolic link to the nerdctl executable in your system path and naming it docker.

  • To use nerdctl directly, create a symbolic link as below:

    sudo ln -s $(which nerdctl) /usr/local/bin/docker

  • To use nerdctl via lima, create the following shell script at /usr/local/bin/nerdctl:

    #!/bin/sh
    lima nerdctl "$@"

    Then, create a symbolic link to the shell script and name it docker:

    sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/nerdctl /usr/local/bin/docker