Do other folks install the `nerdctl` CLI tool on their RKE2 Rancher Users #rke2

Do other folks install the `nerdctl` CLI tool on t...

elegant-engineer-54689

07/29/2025, 7:56 PM

Do other folks install the

nerdctl

CLI tool on their RKE2 nodes? I’m finding

crictl

a bit cumbersome to use.

creamy-pencil-82913

07/29/2025, 8:05 PM

I have only ever found it necessary when trying to manually run containers in containerd. If you’re just using containerd as a container runtime for the kubelet, I have never needed more than crictl and ctr (both of which come with rke2)

elegant-engineer-54689

07/29/2025, 9:10 PM

Thanks. With RKE1, we used Docker alot for troubleshooting issues. That’s why I was considering

nerdctl

creamy-pencil-82913

07/29/2025, 9:12 PM

yeah you don’t really need to do that much with rke2.

creamy-pencil-82913

07/29/2025, 9:13 PM

most everything is in the rke2 log in journald, or under /var/log/pods. if you need to see what’s running you can just do

crictl ps

elegant-engineer-54689

07/29/2025, 9:13 PM

Great. Thanks for the tips.

elegant-engineer-54689

07/29/2025, 9:15 PM

RKE2 is designed pretty well. Should be easier to troubleshoot than the older versions.

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