Kata Containers can be installed in any Linux distribution that supports snapd.
Run the following command to install Kata Containers:
$ sudo snap install kata-containers --stable --classicBy default Kata Containers snap image is mounted at /snap/kata-containers as a
read-only file system, therefore default configuration file can not be edited.
Fortunately Kata Containers supports loading a configuration file from another
path than the default.
$ sudo mkdir -p /etc/kata-containers
$ sudo cp /snap/kata-containers/current/usr/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration.toml /etc/kata-containers/
$ $EDITOR /etc/kata-containers/configuration.tomlThe Container engine daemon (cri-o, containerd, etc) needs to be able to find the
containerd-shim-kata-v2 binary to allow Kata Containers to be created.
Run the following command to create a symbolic link to the shim v2 binary.
$ sudo ln -sf /snap/kata-containers/current/usr/bin/containerd-shim-kata-v2 /usr/local/bin/containerd-shim-kata-v2Once the symbolic link has been created and the engine daemon configured, io.containerd.kata.v2
can be used as runtime.
Read the following documents to know how to run Kata Containers 2.x with containerd.
Run the following command to remove the Kata Containers snap:
$ sudo snap remove kata-containers