New
v2.1.6
Changes
- rootful: reserve the ports on the host (https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl/pull/4526)
Full changes: https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl/milestone/56?closed=1
Compatible containerd versions
This release of nerdctl is expected to be used with containerd v1.7, v2.0, or v2.1. Some features may not work with other releases of containerd.
About the binaries
- Minimal (
nerdctl-2.1.6-linux-amd64.tar.gz): nerdctl only - Full (
nerdctl-full-2.1.6-linux-amd64.tar.gz): Includes dependencies such as containerd, runc, and CNI
Minimal
Extract the archive to a path like /usr/local/bin or ~/bin .
tar Cxzvvf /usr/local/bin nerdctl-2.1.6-linux-amd64.tar.gz
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 29647032 2025-09-30 15:18 nerdctl
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 22657 2025-09-30 15:17 containerd-rootless-setuptool.sh
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 8708 2025-09-30 15:17 containerd-rootless.sh
Full
Extract the archive to a path like or .