Rancher Desktop 1.0
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Rancher Desktop 1.0
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Re: Rancher Desktop 1.0
#2From https://rancherdesktop.io/ :
> Kubernetes and Container Management on the Desktop:
> An open-source desktop application for Mac, Windows and Linux.
> Rancher Desktop runs Kubernetes and container management on your desktop. You can choose the version of Kubernetes you want to run. You can build, push, pull, and run container images using either containerd or Moby (dockerd). The container images you build can be run by Kubernetes immediately without the need for a registry.
How does Rancher Desktop compare to Docker Desktop in terms of e.g. k8s support?
Re: Rancher Desktop 1.0
#3It feels like we're late to create the desktop experience where most things run in containers. My wish is to run something like Proxmox as a "stable base", and within it have a VM for my firewall (pfsense), my primary Linux OS (Fedora/Arch), a VM for services (Docker & k8s), and a VM for Windows gaming. I like the separation of concerns. I've wanted to do all of this on a laptop but I can't get a VM to exclusively take control of the GPU & display controller (overtake the laptop display panel).
For a long while now I've wanted a stable, slim base OS. I actually thought Rancher Desktop was a rebirth of RancherOS: https://rancher.com/docs/os/
I really liked the concept of a "system docker" and a "user docker". I thought Fedora CoreOS had potential to be the first Linux "Desktop" container distro.
Oh well, maybe a desktop distro that aims to containerize all apps is a 2023 thing. Still remember that Steam bug?
Re: Rancher Desktop 1.0
#4It feels like we're late to create the desktop experience where most things run in containers. My wish is to run something like Proxmox as a "stable base", and within it have a VM for my firewall (pfsense), my primary Linux OS (Fedora/Arch), a VM for services (Docker & k8s), and a VM for Windows gaming. I like the separation of concerns. I've wanted to do all of this on a laptop but I can't get a VM to exclusively ta…
Have you tried Cubes OS?
Re: Rancher Desktop 1.0
#5Can it be used to run Docker Compose workloads? As I understand, the tool is launched because at the end of January the Docker Desktop grace period elapses and it becomes paid for large business.
Re: Rancher Desktop 1.0
#6This is something I find exciting! I was looking at our infrastructure and between all the various services, we basically have recreated k8s only more expensive and fragmented and tied explicitly to AWS.
On top of that, our local test env is based on docker-compose so it often has issues matching exactly to the deployed env in the cloud once you add all the networking.
I've wanted to start moving us to Kubernetes so we can have a much closer env across the board. In order to do this, we would need to support both osx and Linux development, and for this I was investigating minikube but my previous XP with minikube left me not liking that solution long term.
I look forward to investigating this tool and seeing the potential in a local development workflow.
Re: Rancher Desktop 1.0
#7This is the Spite Store of containers.
Re: Rancher Desktop 1.0
#8Can it be used to run Docker Compose workloads? As I understand, the tool is launched because at the end of January the Docker Desktop grace period elapses and it becomes paid for large business.
Yes, nerdctl compose will work for most of the use cases. Check this compatibility guide - https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl/blob/master/docs/compo...
Re: Rancher Desktop 1.0
#9Can it be used to run Docker Compose workloads? As I understand, the tool is launched because at the end of January the Docker Desktop grace period elapses and it becomes paid for large business.
I am also curious about this.
Reading the FAQ (https://docs.rancherdesktop.io/faq):
*Q: I can no longer run docker compose after installing Rancher Desktop and uninstalling Docker Desktop, what happened?*
*A: The docker compose subcommand is bundled as part of a Docker Desktop installation and is removed when uninstalled. Follow these instructions to install it.*
It also stated you can have both Docker Desktop and Rancher Desktop installed, but only one can be running at a time as it shares the same docker socket. I might try installing Rancher Desktop and stopping Docker Desktop and seeing if it all works as expected.
Re: Rancher Desktop 1.0
#10Can it be used to run Docker Compose workloads? As I understand, the tool is launched because at the end of January the Docker Desktop grace period elapses and it becomes paid for large business.
I have not tried it, but I imagine you can. There is an option to use dockerd in the VM.