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-[Unit]
-Description=containerd container runtime
-Documentation=https://containerd.io
-After=network.target
-
-[Service]
-ExecStartPre=/sbin/modprobe overlay
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/containerd
-Restart=always
-RestartSec=5
-Delegate=yes
-KillMode=process
-OOMScoreAdjust=-999
-LimitNOFILE=1048576
-# Having non-zero Limit*s causes performance problems due to accounting overhead
-# in the kernel. We recommend using cgroups to do container-local accounting.
-LimitNPROC=infinity
-LimitCORE=infinity
-TasksMax=infinity
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target