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02/19/2026, 2:07 PMI’m designing an air-gapped Rancher deployment (Rancher server + RKE2 downstream clusters) with a private registry for all artifacts.
From the Rancher release URLs, I can see the rancher-images.txt file, which lists all images supported by a Rancher version. However, that list appears to be superset-based, and I’d like to avoid pulling unnecessary images.
What I’m specifically looking for is a deterministic way to identify only the required images and dependencies for:• a specific Rancher version, and • a specific target RKE2/Kubernetes version for downstream clusters
Ideally, I want to mirror only what Rancher will actually deploy (Rancher server, system charts, downstream cluster components), rather than all optional or unused images.
Is there a recommended approach or tooling (e.g. chart inspection, runtime discovery, Rancher APIs, Hauler/Hangar workflows) to derive the minimal required image set per Rancher + RKE2 version combination?
Any guidance from folks who’ve done production air-gap setups would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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