shell

The rancher/shell image is used:

• When you install a chart in Rancher (Helm Chart or Rancher Chart)
• When you use Kubectl Shell when managing a cluster in Rancher

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Branches and Releases

This is the current branch strategy for rancher/shell, it may change in the future.

Branch	Tag	Rancher
master	v0.1.x	v2.7.x,v2.8.x
release/v2.9	v0.2.x	v2.9.x

v0.1.x Branch

This branch supports Rancher 2.7/2.8 and spans supporting k8s 1.23 through 1.28.
Here are the current component versions and their k8s support:

Component	Version	Supported K8s
kubectl	v1.26.x	1.25,1.26,1.27
kustomize	v5.4.x	n/a
helm	v3.13.3-rancher1	1.25,1.26,1.27,1.28
k9s	v0.32.4	Uses client-go v0.29.3

v0.2.x Branch

This branch supports Rancher 2.9 and spans supporting k8s 1.27 through 1.30.
Here are the current component versions and their k8s support:

Component	Version	Supported K8s
kubectl	v1.28.x	1.27,1.28,1.29
kustomize	v5.4.x	n/a
helm	v3.14.3-rancher1	1.26,1.27,1.28,1.29
k9s	v0.32.4	Uses client-go v0.29.3