Inspect container CRI metadata

Dump runtime info, cgroup path, mounts and pid for a CRI container kubectl can't show

crictl inspect <id> | jq '.info'
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crictl3 commands
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crictlk8sdebugtroubleshooting

More crictl commands

  • Force-remove a stuck pod sandbox
    crictl rmp -f $(crictl pods -q --state NotReady)

    Clean up orphaned NotReady pod sandboxes the kubelet failed to GC; node-level recovery

  • Prune images on a node
    crictl rmi --prune

    Reclaim disk by deleting images not referenced by any container; safe node disk-pressure fix

all 3 crictl commands