Digi Embedded Yocto pre-built images don’t have embedded support to run containers. To be able to run containers on your device, you need support for virtualization on your Linux kernel and your root file system.

There is a specific prebuilt image with support for containers.

1. Download and install the Container Manager demo image

  1. Download the pre-built Container Manager demo installer from https://ftp1.digi.com/support/digiembeddedyocto/5.0/r4/images/ccimx95-dvk/ccimx95-dvk-containers-installer.zip

  2. Follow the instructions on Step 3 - Program the Yocto firmware to install the firmware on the module.

    The image name for the installer is dey-image-containers.

2. Verify the image

Boot your device and verify that the Digi ConnectCore Container Manager daemon is enabled and running:

$ systemctl status cc-containerd
* cc-containerd.service - Digi ConnectCore Container Manager daemon
     Loaded: loaded (8;;file://ccimx95-dvk/usr/lib/systemd/system/cc-containerd.service/usr/lib/systemd/system/cc-containerd.service8;;; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Mon 2026-05-18 14:49:11 UTC; 26s ago
   Main PID: 1387 (cc-containerd)
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 751)
     Memory: 23.7M (peak: 40.5M)
        CPU: 2.468s
     CGroup: /system.slice/cc-containerd.service
             `-1387 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/cc-containerd --config-file /etc/cc-container-mng.conf

May 18 15:38:57 ccimx95-dvk systemd[1]: Started Digi ConnectCore Container Manager daemon.
May 18 15:39:00 ccimx95-dvk cc-containerd[1062]: 2026-05-18 15:39:00,049 - digi.container.daemon [WARNING]: Cannot read containers config file: /root/cc-container/cc-containers.conf; starting with empty containers list
May 18 15:39:00 ccimx95-dvk cc-containerd[1062]: 2026-05-18 15:39:00,059 - digi.container.daemon [INFO]: Daemon started
May 18 15:39:00 ccimx95-dvk cc-containerd[1062]: 2026-05-18 15:39:00,062 - digi.container.core.state_store [WARNING]: state.json does not exist at /root/cc-container/state.json; creating new file
May 18 15:39:00 ccimx95-dvk cc-containerd[1062]: 2026-05-18 15:39:00,066 - digi.container.daemon [WARNING]: containers config does not exist at /root/cc-container/cc-containers.conf; creating new file
May 18 15:39:00 ccimx95-dvk podman[1210]: 2026-05-18 15:39:00.875165705 +0000 UTC m=+0.626825367 system refresh
May 18 15:39:00 ccimx95-dvk cc-containerd[1062]: 2026-05-18 15:39:00,911 - digi.container.core.monitor [INFO]: Container monitor started
May 18 15:39:00 ccimx95-dvk cc-containerd[1062]: 2026-05-18 15:39:00,933 - digi.container.api.server [INFO]: API server listening on /var/run/cc-containerd.sock