<!--startmeta
custom_edit_url: "https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/src/collectors/cgroups.plugin/integrations/containerd_containers.md"
meta_yaml: "https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/src/collectors/cgroups.plugin/metadata.yaml"
sidebar_label: "containerd Containers"
learn_status: "Published"
learn_rel_path: "Collecting Metrics/Collectors/Containers and VMs"
keywords: ['containerd', 'containers', 'cri', 'container runtime', 'nerdctl']
message: "DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY, IT IS GENERATED BY THE COLLECTOR'S metadata.yaml FILE"
endmeta-->

# containerd Containers


<img src="https://netdata.cloud/img/containerd.png" width="150"/>


Plugin: cgroups.plugin
Module: /sys/fs/cgroup

<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/maintained%20by-Netdata-%2300ab44" />

## Overview

Monitor containerd container resource utilization — CPU, memory, disk I/O, and network — via Linux cgroups.



This collector is only supported on the following platforms:

- Linux

This collector supports collecting metrics from multiple instances of this integration, including remote instances.


### Default Behavior

#### Auto-Detection

This integration doesn't support auto-detection.

#### Limits

The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits on data collection.

#### Performance Impact

The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.

## Setup


### Prerequisites

No action required.

### Configuration

#### Options



There are no configuration options.



#### via File

There is no configuration file.

##### Examples
There are no configuration examples.



## Alerts


The following alerts are available:

| Alert name  | On metric | Description |
|:------------|:----------|:------------|
| [ cgroup_10min_cpu_usage ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/cgroups.conf) | cgroup.cpu_limit | average cgroup CPU utilization over the last 10 minutes |
| [ cgroup_ram_in_use ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/cgroups.conf) | cgroup.mem_usage | cgroup memory utilization |
| [ cgroup_1m_received_packets_rate ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/cgroups.conf) | cgroup.net_packets | average number of packets received by the network interface ${label:device} over the last minute |
| [ cgroup_10s_received_packets_storm ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/cgroups.conf) | cgroup.net_packets | ratio of average number of received packets for the network interface ${label:device} over the last 10 seconds, compared to the rate over the last minute |


## Metrics

Metrics grouped by *scope*.

The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels.



### Per cgroup



Labels:

| Label      | Description     |
|:-----------|:----------------|
| container_name | The container name or group path if name resolution fails. |
| image | Docker/Podman container image name. |

Metrics:

| Metric | Dimensions | Unit |
|:------|:----------|:----|
| cgroup.cpu_limit | used | percentage |
| cgroup.cpu | user, system | percentage |
| cgroup.cpu_per_core | a dimension per core | percentage |
| cgroup.throttled | throttled | percentage |
| cgroup.throttled_duration | duration | ms |
| cgroup.cpu_shares | shares | shares |
| cgroup.mem | cache, rss, swap, rss_huge, mapped_file | MiB |
| cgroup.writeback | dirty, writeback | MiB |
| cgroup.mem_activity | in, out | MiB/s |
| cgroup.pgfaults | pgfault, swap | MiB/s |
| cgroup.mem_usage | ram, swap | MiB |
| cgroup.mem_usage_limit | available, used | MiB |
| cgroup.mem_utilization | utilization | percentage |
| cgroup.mem_failcnt | failures | count |
| cgroup.io | read, write | KiB/s |
| cgroup.serviced_ops | read, write | operations/s |
| cgroup.throttle_io | read, write | KiB/s |
| cgroup.throttle_serviced_ops | read, write | operations/s |
| cgroup.queued_ops | read, write | operations |
| cgroup.merged_ops | read, write | operations/s |
| cgroup.cpu_some_pressure | some10, some60, some300 | percentage |
| cgroup.cpu_some_pressure_stall_time | time | ms |
| cgroup.cpu_full_pressure | some10, some60, some300 | percentage |
| cgroup.cpu_full_pressure_stall_time | time | ms |
| cgroup.memory_some_pressure | some10, some60, some300 | percentage |
| cgroup.memory_some_pressure_stall_time | time | ms |
| cgroup.memory_full_pressure | some10, some60, some300 | percentage |
| cgroup.memory_full_pressure_stall_time | time | ms |
| cgroup.io_some_pressure | some10, some60, some300 | percentage |
| cgroup.io_some_pressure_stall_time | time | ms |
| cgroup.io_full_pressure | some10, some60, some300 | percentage |
| cgroup.io_full_pressure_stall_time | time | ms |
| cgroup.pids_current | pids | pids |

### Per cgroup network device



Labels:

| Label      | Description     |
|:-----------|:----------------|
| container_name | The container name or group path if name resolution fails. |
| image | Docker/Podman container image name. |
| device | The name of the host network interface linked to the container's network interface. |
| container_device | Container network interface name. |
| interface_type | Network interface type. Always "virtual" for the containers. |

Metrics:

| Metric | Dimensions | Unit |
|:------|:----------|:----|
| cgroup.net_net | received, sent | kilobits/s |
| cgroup.net_packets | received, sent, multicast | pps |
| cgroup.net_errors | inbound, outbound | errors/s |
| cgroup.net_drops | inbound, outbound | errors/s |
| cgroup.net_fifo | receive, transmit | errors/s |
| cgroup.net_compressed | receive, sent | pps |
| cgroup.net_events | frames, collisions, carrier | events/s |
| cgroup.net_operstate | up, down, notpresent, lowerlayerdown, testing, dormant, unknown | state |
| cgroup.net_carrier | up, down | state |
| cgroup.net_mtu | mtu | octets |


