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Kubernetes 1.24 officially deprecated Dockershim in favor of containerd, explaining the reasons, the underlying container runtime components, the changes in pod creation workflow, the impact on users and operators, and providing practical migration steps and best‑practice recommendations.
Starting with Kubernetes v1.24 the built‑in dockershim is removed, requiring users to switch to a CRI‑compatible runtime such as containerd or CRI‑O—or install cri‑dockerd for Docker compatibility—while updating scripts, logs, and tooling, and using crictl or ctr for debugging and managing containers and pods.
The article explains the history of containers, the role of Docker and Kubernetes, why Kubernetes is deprecating Docker's dockershim, the timeline for the change, its impact on users, and the steps required to migrate to OCI‑compatible runtimes such as containerd or CRI‑O.
This article explains why the Kubernetes dockershim component is being phased out, compares Docker and containerd command usage, and provides a step‑by‑step guide to set up a Kubernetes 1.20.5 cluster with containerd as the container runtime, including network plugin installation.