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Connection

crictl info
Get CRI-O server information

crictl version
Display CRI-O version information

crictl stats
Display running container statistics

Container Management

crictl ps
List running containers

crictl ps -a
List all containers

crictl start <container-id>
Start a container

crictl stop <container-id>
Stop a container

crictl rm <container-id>
Remove a container

crictl inspect <container-id>
Get detailed container info

crictl logs <container-id>
Fetch logs of a container

crictl exec -it <container-id> <command>
Execute a command in a running container

Image Management

crictl images
List images

crictl pull <image>
Pull an image

crictl rmi <image-id>
Remove an image

crictl inspecti <image-id>
Get detailed image info

Pod Management

crictl pods
List pods

crictl runp <pod-config.json>
Create a pod

crictl stopp <pod-id>
Stop a pod

crictl rmp <pod-id>
Remove a pod

crictl inspectp <pod-id>
Get detailed pod info

Network and Storage

crictl port <container-id>
List port mappings

crictl mounts <container-id>
List mounts for a container

CRI-O Service Management

systemctl status crio
Check CRI-O service status

systemctl restart crio
Restart CRI-O service

systemctl stop crio
Stop CRI-O service

systemctl start crio
Start CRI-O service

Configuration

cat /etc/crio/crio.conf
View CRI-O configuration

cat /etc/crictl.yaml
View crictl configuration