# Install rke with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, scoop, zypper

Rancher Kubernetes Engine, a Kubernetes installer that works everywhere. Version 1.8.14 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-04.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:rke
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rke
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install rke
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/rke/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add rke
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rke from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#rke
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/rk/rke/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install rke
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: rke from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/rke
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/rke.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:rke
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/rke>
- **Version:** 1.8.14
- **Source summary:** Rancher Kubernetes Engine, a Kubernetes installer that works everywhere
- **Homepage:** <https://rke.docs.rancher.com/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/rancher/rke>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/rancher/rke#readme>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/rancher/rke/archive/refs/tags/v1.8.14.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-04T02:22:37Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- rke (cli)
- rke (alias)

## Build dependencies

- go

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.8.14
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-04
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/rancher/rke
- Upstream latest detected: v1.8.14 (current)

## Security Notes

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: cluster.yml

## Credential files

- Unix: kube_config_cluster.yml, kube_config_<FILE_NAME>.yml, cluster.rkestate
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** rke
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - rke: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/rk/rke/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - rke - 1.4.3-r25: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rke from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Rancher Kubernetes Engine | https://github.com/rancher/rke
- apk - rke-doc - 1.4.3-r25: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rke-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Rancher Kubernetes Engine (documentation) | https://github.com/rancher/rke
- zypper - rke - 1.8.14-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: rke from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Rancher Kubernetes Engine | https://github.com/rancher/rke
- MacPorts - rke: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/rke/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/rke: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/rke.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family.
- [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [clusterctl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clusterctl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cluster-management, kubernetes.
- [fleet-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fleet-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes, rancher.
- [k9s](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/k9s/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cluster-management, kubernetes.
- [kops](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kops/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cluster-management, kubernetes.
- [mcp-server-kubernetes](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mcp-server-kubernetes/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cluster-management, kubernetes.
- [talosctl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/talosctl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cluster-management, kubernetes.
- [cdk8s](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cdk8s/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes.
- [chaoskube](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chaoskube/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/rke.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/rke.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph