# Shim Overview

Integration with containerd is done via a [shim][shims]. The shim implements
[containerd][containerd] shim v2 and is supported with containerd 1.3 and newer.
[Here is how to get started](https://gvisor.dev/docs/user_guide/containerd/quick_start/)

[containerd]: https://github.com/containerd/containerd
[shims]: https://iximiuz.com/en/posts/implementing-container-runtime-shim/