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

Rancher Kubernetes Engine, a Kubernetes installer that works everywhere. Version 1.8.14 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#rke.

## 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/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-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
- **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>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T19:03:02+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- rke (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.8.14

## 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
## 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-r26: 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-r26: 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 - 1.8.14-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: rke from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-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


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/rke.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/rke.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph