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Shim keeps containers alive when dockerd exits and handles STDIO pipes.
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The container shim (containerd-shim) is a small process that acts as the parent of the container process. It sits between dockerd/containerd and runc. When dockerd restarts, the shim keeps the container running and reconnects. It also collects the container's exit code and relays I/O streams. One shim per container.
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