Should We Replace Docker Desktop With Rancher Desktop?

Rancher Desktop is Kubernetes and container management. As such, it could be a good replacement for Docker Desktop. Is that the case? Should we move from Docker Desktop to Rancher Desktop?

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00:00 What is Rancher Desktop?
02:46 Rancher Desktop GUI
05:51 Local Kubernetes Cluster
06:43 Exploring kim - The Kubernetes Image Manager
07:31 Replacing Docker With kim
09:53 Building Container Images
12:21 Tagging And Pushing Container Images
13:11 Rancher Desktop Pros And Cons

[DevOpsToolkit]

What do you think about Rancher Desktop? Can it replace Docker Desktop? Is it ready or should we wait for a while longer? Should we even look for a replacement?

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[mjdev-ip]

I am really happy youtube recommended your channel to me 😀

[ishtilkind]

Thanks Victor for the excellent overview of Rancher Desktop! Will hope KIM will mature sooner rather than later.

[veramalayko]

Hello Viktor.!Thank you very much for the useful information! Everything is clear and accessible.

[gregorybown]

LMAO, 3:44 "Docker with Kubernetes created some kind of strange monster"

[CloudVersityOfficial]

Thank you for the wrap up, I actually was planning to record a video on that topic as well.
I'd like to add, that nerdctl is now supported and feels awesome. So I'll ditch the "kim" cli. Sadly, the hardware requirements are a little bit higher compared to docker desktop which is a big down sight if you are travelling and need to keep an eye on your battery ;)

[ZeusZeen]

Looking for Docker Desktop alternative, and found this!, Thank you.

[TAICHISCO]

Hey Viktor,
Great video, thanks for sharing.
Wanted to ask what other registries you would recommend or solution in replacement for the Docker hub registry?
I seem to be going above my Docker hub pull rate limit so often.

[manoelhc]

"we don't need Docker anymore to run containers" is a strong statement. I agree that for running and testing apps locally, we should ditch Docker and Docker composer in favour of K8s. However, development wise, Docker is not about just test apps. Some teams do need to run Docker locally for certain tasks like upgrading libraries, running unit tests, compiling, running code analysis, etc, which is much faster and simpler than installing all the tooling locally and keeping it up-to-date or versions synced with the projects'.

[fpvclub]

Fantastic! thank you for this.. I think this is quite exciting stuff. On a somewhat related note - What would you recommend from your tool-belt of amazing tools for API Mocking? I am trying to convince my org we need to include mock data with all our (air-quote) Micro-services ( air-quote ).. Do you suggest a 23rd party tool outside the app, or is there a more "baked-in" solution you would suggest? Would love to hear your thoughts ( We're a java shop ) .. And thank you for being so supportive of your community and making these amazing videos..

[DHAtEnclaveForensics]

I know this video is two years old, but it's time has come. It might be good to redo this and compare modern versions. Docker Desktop has reached the commercial phase and the incredibly unstable phase while Rancher Desktop is much more mature, stable, though a bit slower.

[maxcoteclearning]

Thankyou.
FYI: As of version 1.0 Kim is no longer shipped and has been replaced by nerdctl and the Docker CLI.

[brunofunnie]

Short answer for the video title: No, not yet, keep using Docker but watch the whole video :)

[maikel]

An update for Rancher Desktop is out: v0.5.0
The more Docker-CLI-compatible nerdctl is included in there allowing you to build images with it as well.

[comworkio]

Not tested yet but I think it miss the interoperability of images across the different microprocessors architectures like all the QEMU or Lima based solutions (podman, whatever) except Docker Desktop which allows us to run x86, amd64, aarch64 and arm32 images on a M1 microprocessor for example. K3d on top of docker desktop remain the best combo in order to test your cloud images locally on a Kubernetes instance on your M1 mac.

[neilfpv]

I have a question. Can we use docker cli tool with Rancher Desktop similar to how we use Docker Desktop? For example, running docker ps, docker pull, etc

[thunde]

this is great....Today is January 29, 2022, and I think Docker linux is also Thanks Viktor

[ronfish]

I've been digging into Rancher and Harvester lately, and have them running now. Is it feasible to install Rancher into the kubernetes cluster that Rancher Desktop builds, and integrate that Rancher with Harvester, that I have running on 3 bare metal servers ?
ideally, I want to learn more of kubernetes itself, and decided that untangling all that makes Rancher work would be a good exercise for that. Specifically the networking, which is a LOT of what makes kubernetes work.

[david_devdev]

Hi, if i already use a gitlab server with internal registry, and a CI job that use Kaniko to build my dockerFiles, does kim interesting in some parts ?
could it replace kaniko for automatic build jobs better ?
Or is it only usefull when no other solution available ?

[Peter]

Just use Linux, problem solved ;). Jokes aside, really solid comparison. I'm looking forward to KIM maturing too, it is a great idea.