ASK HW INFO: 3x Servers with Alpine Linux+Kubernetes Cluster+Podman 1x PC with Ubuntu LTS 22.10+Rancher+Docker I read somewhere Rancher need Docker If Docker Server Business must paid and I want to save budget ? 1. Can I use podman in K8 cluster and not using Docker at all but using Docker only for Rancher PC

Note you have posted this in the Harvester channel. No, you don't need Docker for Rancher.