Another look into Rancher Desktop for Domino containers
Daniel Nashed – 26 November 2025 18:30:36
The Rancher Desktop K3s meanwhile the Dashboard they integrated looks like the GUI of Rancher.
I just retested container builds using nerdctl to make sure the Domino Container Build is still working.
Again this is Intel only. Apple Silicon is still an issue due to the emulation.
Building via nerdctl on Rancher Desktop is slower but works.
I would recommend building on docker and pushing to a registry.
But you can use the embedded container store in the k8s.io namespace on Rancher Desktop.
I would only use Rancher Desktop for Domino if you are using it for other purposes anyhow or need a free desktop K8s environment.
Docker would be the easier approach and is free as long you are not working for a larger company.
The container project looks at all different platforms to provide a choice and learn from different platforms.
nerdctl to build instead of Docker or Podman might be a challenge. But it works in general.
-- Daniel
Rancher Desktop 1.20.1 Dashboard
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