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+#!/bin/bash
+# script that runs 
+# https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/production-environment/container-runtime
+
+# changes March 14 2023: introduced $PLATFORM to have this work on amd64 as well as arm64
+
+# setting MYOS variable
+MYOS=$(hostnamectl | awk '/Operating/ { print $3 }')
+OSVERSION=$(hostnamectl | awk '/Operating/ { print $4 }')
+# beta: building in ARM support
+[ $(arch) = aarch64 ] && PLATFORM=arm64
+[ $(arch) = x86_64 ] && PLATFORM=amd64
+
+sudo apt install -y jq
+
+if [ $MYOS = "Ubuntu" ]
+then
+	### setting up container runtime prereq
+	cat <<- EOF | sudo tee /etc/modules-load.d/containerd.conf
+	overlay
+	br_netfilter
+EOF
+
+	sudo modprobe overlay
+	sudo modprobe br_netfilter
+
+        # Setup required sysctl params, these persist across reboots.
+        cat <<- EOF | sudo tee /etc/sysctl.d/99-kubernetes-cri.conf
+        net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables  = 1
+        net.ipv4.ip_forward                 = 1
+        net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables = 1
+EOF
+
+        # Apply sysctl params without reboot
+        sudo sysctl --system
+
+        # (Install containerd)
+	# getting rid of hard coded version numbers
+	CONTAINERD_VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/containerd/containerd/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')
+	CONTAINERD_VERSION=${CONTAINERD_VERSION#v}
+        wget https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v${CONTAINERD_VERSION}/containerd-${CONTAINERD_VERSION}-linux-${PLATFORM}.tar.gz
+        sudo tar xvf containerd-${CONTAINERD_VERSION}-linux-${PLATFORM}.tar.gz -C /usr/local
+        # Configure containerd
+        sudo mkdir -p /etc/containerd
+        cat <<- TOML | sudo tee /etc/containerd/config.toml
+version = 2
+[plugins]
+  [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri"]
+    [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd]
+      discard_unpacked_layers = true
+      [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd.runtimes]
+        [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd.runtimes.runc]
+          runtime_type = "io.containerd.runc.v2"
+          [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd.runtimes.runc.options]
+            SystemdCgroup = true
+TOML
+
+RUNC_VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/opencontainers/runc/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')
+
+wget https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/download/${RUNC_VERSION}/runc.${PLATFORM}
+sudo install -m 755 runc.${PLATFORM} /usr/local/sbin/runc
+# Restart containerd
+        wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containerd/containerd/main/containerd.service
+        sudo mv containerd.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/
+        sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+        sudo systemctl enable --now containerd
+fi
+
+sudo ln -s /etc/apparmor.d/runc /etc/apparmor.d/disable/
+sudo apparmor_parser -R /etc/apparmor.d/runc
+
+
+touch /tmp/container.txt
+exit