# Containerd gRPC API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/containerd/containerd-grpc-api/  
**Provider:** Containerd — https://apis.io/providers/containerd/  
**Documentation:** https://github.com/containerd/containerd/tree/main/api

Containerd gRPC API is one of 4 APIs that [Containerd](https://apis.io/providers/containerd/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Container Runtime, gRPC, and Lifecycle Management. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an API reference, and 2 JSON Schemas.

Core gRPC API for managing the full container lifecycle including containers, images, content, snapshots, namespaces, tasks, leases, events, and plugins. Provides low-level access to all containerd functionality through Protocol Buffers service definitions.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **Documentation** — https://containerd.io/docs/
- **Reference** — https://github.com/containerd/containerd/tree/main/api
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/containerd/refs/heads/main/json-schema/containerd-config-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/containerd/refs/heads/main/json-schema/containerd-oci-runtime-spec-schema.json
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/containerd/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Containerd APIs (3)

- [Containerd CRI API](https://apis.io/apis/containerd/containerd-cri-api/)
- [Containerd NRI API](https://apis.io/apis/containerd/containerd-nri-api/)
- [Containerd Metrics API](https://apis.io/apis/containerd/containerd-metrics-api/)

## Tags

Container Runtime, gRPC, Lifecycle Management

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