Container Management and Kubernetes on the Desktop
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Published by jandubois almost 2 years ago
This is the 1.6.1 release of Rancher Desktop, an open source desktop application to bring Kubernetes and container management to Mac, Windows, and Linux.
On Windows, the host.rancher-desktop.internal
and host.docker.internal
names did not resolve.
On macOS, the bridged interface was not being used, even when running with administrative rights, and only port forwarding to localhost was active.
On macOS and Linux, upgrades from a previous release did not update all files inside the VM. In particular, nerdctl
would stay at the previous version (e.g. 0.22.2
in Rancher Desktop 1.5.1) instead of being upgraded to 0.23.0
.
The issue queue
Rancher Users Slack in the #rancher-desktop channel
The full version changelog, from v1.6.0, can be found using GitHub compare and the details of the release can be found in the v1.6.1 milestone.
Published by jandubois about 2 years ago
This is the 1.6.0 release of Rancher Desktop, an open source desktop application to bring Kubernetes and container management to Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Automatic port forwarding has been re-implemented by Rancher Desktop and no longer relies on the builtin forwarding from WSL. It is now possible to specify the interface to bind to, and binds to 0.0.0.0
(all host interfaces) by default. To keep a port bound to localhost
only, you have to specify it explicitly:
docker run -d -p 127.0.0.1:8081:80 nginx
Port forwarding now works the same way on macOS and Windows (Linux does not yet support binding to external ports).
Note that you will still need to open up the port in the firewall to allow other machines on the local network to access it.
Rancher Desktop has a new Diagnostics tab. If there are any failed tests, It will display a red badge with the number of failures in the left-hand menu. This is supposed to work like the "Check Engine" light in a car: to alert you to potential issues with Rancher Desktop or your environment. You can "mute" diagnostics that are not applicable to your situation.
In this release, we only have a handful of diagnostics related to PATH
settings and the online state of the host machine. We will add more diagnostics in the future.
When running with administrative privileges, Rancher Desktop will create a bridged interface on the local network for ingress using a separate IP address from the host machine. This functionality is provided by the vde_vmnet
daemon.
The new socket_vmnet
daemon has supported 2 to 3 times the throughput of vde_vmnet
during testing. However, we found during testing that VMNET may get locked up, and the only way to recover was to reboot the host. Therefore the new daemon must be enabled manually right now:
rdctl api --method PUT --body '{"kubernetes":{"experimental":{"socketVMNet":true}}}' settings
Please file a Github issue including log files if you test the new socket_vmnet
daemon and run into any problems!
docker-buildx
has been upgraded from 0.8.2 → 0.9.1docker-compose
has been upgraded from 2.6.1 → 2.11.1helm
has been upgraded from 3.9.1 → 3.9.4nerdctl
has been upgraded from 0.22.0 → 0.23.0trivvy
has been upgraded from 0.30.0 → 0.32.0There have been fixes to the DNS resolver on all platforms regarding truncated responses.
On Windows, we discovered that due to a configuration error the 1.5.x builds did not include the DNS bug fixes we had developed for it, so there a multiple other DNS related fixes in this Windows version. Please re-test if you had problems with DNS and create/update Github issues if the problems still persist!
This makes it possible to use it to remove (most of) the data files installed by Rancher Desktop without them being recreated immediately.
The full version changelog, from v1.5.1, can be found using GitHub compare and the details of the release can be found in the v1.6.0 milestone.
Published by gunamata about 2 years ago
This is the 1.5.1 release of Rancher Desktop, an open source desktop application to bring Kubernetes and container management to Mac, Windows, and Linux. The patch release mainly contains fixes to below bugs:
nerdctl
nerdctl
commands. Please check https://github.com/rancher-sandbox/rancher-desktop/issues/2689 for more details and a quick workaround.You can connect with the developers via:
The issue queue
Rancher Users Slack in the #rancher-desktop channel
The full version changelog, from v1.5.0, can be found using GitHub compare and the details of the release can be found in the v1.5.1 milestone.
Published by jandubois about 2 years ago
This is the 1.5.0 release of Rancher Desktop, an open source desktop application to bring Kubernetes and container management to Mac, Windows, and Linux. The release contains some new features along with various bug fixes.
Rancher Desktop now has a dedicated preferences dialog containing application, virtual machine, container engine, and Kubernetes settings. Changes are applied only after the "Apply" button is pressed, minimizing the time it takes to switch between configurations.
Rancher Desktop has been updated to work better in an offline environment. During initial setup a network connection is required to e.g. download the Kubernetes version to be deployed. But if Rancher Desktop is later run offline, then only the already cached versions will be available, and there should no longer be any delays or errors trying to fetch additional information online.
This mode can also be used to setup air-gapped operation. Documentation for this is still being prepared.
The host resolver (DNS) on Windows is no longer considered experimental and is now enabled by default. It helps to resolve hostnames over VPN connections.
The "Port Forwarding" feature now allows the user to pick a specific port instead of choosing one randomly.
docker
has been upgraded to 20.10.17.docker-compose
has been upgraded to 2.6.1.nerdctl
has been upgraded to 0.22.0.helm
has been upgraded to 3.9.1.trivy
has been upgraded to 0.30.0.Due to upstream Kubernetes changes the automatic forwarding of NodePorts to the host no longer works for Kubernetes 1.22.10+, 1.23.7+, or any 1.24.1+ release (this also affects all previous Rancher Desktop releases).
It is not possible to push images to Docker Hub with nerdctl
.
Both of these issues will be addressed in a patch release later in August.
You can connect with the developers via:
The full version changelog, from v1.4.1, can be found using GitHub compare and the details of the release can be found in the v1.5.0 milestone.
Published by jandubois over 2 years ago
This is the 1.4.1 release of Rancher Desktop, an open source desktop application to bring Kubernetes and container management to Mac, Windows, and Linux. The release contains some new features along with various bug fixes.
Rancher Desktop now ships with registry credential helpers and configures them automatically: It uses pass
on Linux, osxkeychain
on macOS, and wincred
on Windows. The ecr-login
helper is also included but not automatically configured.
For nerdctl
(which has to run inside the VM for technical reasons) a credential forwarder will redirect all credential requests to the helper on the host, so no credentials are installed inside the VM.
The Images list now supports bulk deletion of images.
Various bug fixes to the still experimental host resolver (DNS). We expect to be able to make it the default resolver in the 1.5.0 release.
docker
has been upgraded to 20.10.16.docker-buildx
has been upgraded to 0.8.2.docker-compose
has been upgraded to 2.5.1.nerdctl
has been upgraded to 0.20.0.helm
has been upgraded to 3.9.0.trivy
has been upgraded to 0.28.0.You can connect with the developers via:
The full version changelog, from v1.3.0, can be found using GitHub compare and the details of the release can be found in the v1.4.1 milestone (1.4.1 is the first public release from the release-1.4
branch).
Published by mattfarina over 2 years ago
This is the 1.3.0 release of Rancher Desktop, an open source desktop application to bring Kubernetes and container management to Mac, Windows, and Linux. The release contains some new features along with various bug fixes.
On macOS and Linux, supporting utilities are no longer symlinked into /usr/local/bin
, but into ~/.rd/bin
which can be added to the PATH
automatically or manually in the shell profile files.
On macOS Rancher Desktop can be configured to run without administrative rights, in which case it will not create the routable interfaces. It will also not be able to create a symlink at /var/run/docker.sock
, but will set up an alternate docker context.
nerdctl
has been upgraded to 0.19.0.
helm
has been upgraded to 3.8.2.
The rdctl
CLI remains experimental and has added new subcommands:
rdctl start --kubernetes-version 1.23.1
will start RD if it isn't running, or modify the configuration to match.rdctl shell
runs commands or opens an interactive shell inside the Rancher Desktop VM.An alternative DNS resolver for Windows has been implemented. It should support DNS lookup over VPN connections. It has to be enabled manually by editing an internal configuration file.
On macOS an alternative file sharing mechanism using 9p
instead of reverse-sshfs
has been implemented. It is disabled by default. Talk to us on Slack if you want to help us testing it.
You can connect with the developers via:
The full version changelog, from v1.2.1, can be found using GitHub compare and the details of the release can be found in the v1.3.0 milestone.
Published by mattfarina over 2 years ago
Rancher Desktop 1.2.1 is a security (patch) release. Rancher Desktop is an open source desktop application to bring Kubernetes and container management to Mac, Windows, and Linux. The release contains a bug fix where steve, an internal component of Rancher Desktop, was sometimes causing a firewall rule prompt. More detail is available in the advisory.
You can connect with the developers via:
The full version changelog, from v1.2.0, can be found using GitHub compare and the details of the release can be found in the v1.2.1 milestone.
Published by jandubois over 2 years ago
⚠️ This release includes a security vulnerability. Please use the fixed version 1.2.1 instead! ⚠️
This is the 1.2.0 release of Rancher Desktop, an open source desktop application to bring Kubernetes and container management to Mac, Windows, and Linux. The release contains some new features along with various bug fixes.
This release includes 2 new features still considered experimental:
Rancher Dashboard for kubernetes
It can be opened from the system tray icon menu and runs in a separate window.
Commandline access via rdctl
program
This is still a prototype with limited functionality. Examples:
rdctl list-settings
rdctl set --container-engine docker --kubernetes-version 1.21.2
rdctl shutdown
Long term all functionality should be available both through the UI and the CLI.
nerdctl
updated to 0.17.1You can connect with the developers via:
The full version changelog, from v1.1.1, can be found using GitHub compare and the details of the release can be found in the v1.2.0 milestone.
Published by jandubois over 2 years ago
⚠️ This release is not working correctly on macOS Monterey 12.3. There is a workaround and a fix should be released next week. ⚠️
This is the 1.1.1 release of Rancher Desktop, an open source desktop application to bring Kubernetes and container management to Mac, Windows, and Linux. The release contains 2 bug fixes:
You can connect with the developers via:
The full version changelog, from v1.1.0, can be found using GitHub compare and the details of the release can be found in the v1.1.1 milestone.
Published by jandubois over 2 years ago
This is the 1.1.0 release of Rancher Desktop, an open source desktop application to bring Kubernetes and container management to Mac, Windows, and Linux. The release contains some feature changes along with various bug fixes.
containerd
or dockerd
by itself for reduced resource consumption.traefik
can be disabled to free up port 80 and 443 for alternate ingress configuration.docker compose
is included when docker
is selected in the "Supporting Utilities".host.docker.internal
is defined inside containers for compatibility.127.0.0.1
are no longer exposed externally.You can connect with the developers via:
The full version changelog, from v1.0.1, can be found using GitHub compare and the details of the release can be found in the v1.1.0 milestone.
Published by mattfarina over 2 years ago
Rancher Desktop 1.0.1 is a bug fix release of Rancher Desktop, an open source desktop application to bring Kubernetes and container management to Mac, Windows, and Linux.
You can connect with the developers via:
The full version changelog, from v1.0.0, can be found using GitHub compare and the details of the release can be found in the v1.0.1 milestone.
Published by mattfarina over 2 years ago
This is the 1.0.0 release of Rancher Desktop, an open source desktop application to bring Kubernetes and container management to Mac, Windows, and Linux. The release contains some feature changes along with various bug fixes.
kim
has been removed. You can build images using the nerdctl
and docker
command line tools.You can connect with the developers via:
The full version changelog, from v0.7.1, can be found using GitHub compare.
Published by mattfarina almost 3 years ago
This is a beta release of Rancher Desktop v1.0.0. Rancher Desktop is an open source desktop application to bring Kubernetes and container management to Mac, Windows, and Linux.
This pre-release is meant for testing purposes. You can read more about the release timeline for 1.0.0 on the Rancher blog.
This beta release is not included in the auto-update process and needs to be manually installed.
You can connect with the developers via:
The full version changelog, from v0.7.1, can be found using GitHub compare.
Published by mattfarina almost 3 years ago
This is a patch release of Rancher Desktop, an open source desktop application to bring Kubernetes and container management to Mac, Windows, and Linux. This release fixes a networking bug.
You can connect with the developers via:
The full version changelog, from v0.7.0, can be found using GitHub compare.
Published by mattfarina almost 3 years ago
This is a feature release of Rancher Desktop, an open source desktop application to bring Kubernetes and container management to Mac, Windows, and Linux. The release contains some feature changes along with various bug fixes.
You can read the announcement post on the SUSE Community site.
containerd
, you can choose moby
, which provides dockerd
and enables the Docker CLI and tools that communicate with the Docker socket via Rancher Desktop. You can later change the container runtime in the Kubernetes Settings. Only one container runtime will function at a time.containerd
, has added many new features. Rancher Desktop ships the latest version.You can connect with the developers via:
The full version changelog, from v0.6.1, can be found using GitHub compare.
Published by mattfarina almost 3 years ago
This is a patch release of Rancher Desktop, an open source desktop application to bring Kubernetes and container management to Mac, Windows, and Linux. The release contains bug fixes associated with the automated update feature.
You can connect with the developers via:
The full version changelog, from v0.6.0, can be found using GitHub compare.
Published by mattfarina about 3 years ago
This is a feature release of Rancher Desktop, an open source desktop application to bring Kubernetes and container management to Mac, Windows, and Linux. The release contains some feature changes along with various bug fixes.
You can read the announcement post on the SUSE Community site.
You can connect with the developers via:
The full version changelog, from v0.5.0, can be found using GitHub compare.
Published by mattfarina about 3 years ago
This is a feature release of Rancher Desktop, an open source desktop application to bring Kubernetes and container management to Mac and Windows. The release contains some feature changes along with various bug fixes.
You can read the announcement post on the SUSE Community site.
You can connect with the developers via:
The full version changelog, from v0.4.1, can be found using GitHub compare.
Published by mattfarina about 3 years ago
This is a patch (bug fix) release of Rancher Desktop, an open source desktop application to bring Kubernetes and container management to Mac and Windows. You are encouraged to update to this version.
You can connect with the developers via:
The full version changelog, from v0.4.0, can be found using GitHub compare.
Published by mattfarina about 3 years ago
This is a feature release of Rancher Desktop, an open source desktop application to bring Kubernetes and container management to Mac and Windows. The release contains some feature changes along with various bug fixes.
Note, due to the change to LIMA/QEMU there will be a new virtual machine. This means your workloads will be lost on upgrade. We hope to make this the last time this happens.
You can connect with the developers via:
The full version changelog, from v0.3.0, can be found using GitHub compare.