Create pod from local registry failed with ErrImageNeverPull

[tanyeun]

Hi guys,

I installed an image through the following command:

nerdctl load < nginx.latest

when I tried to create a pod using the following command:

kubectl apply -f test.yaml

it showed ErrImageNeverPull

kubectl get pods

NAME                              READY   STATUS              RESTARTS   AGE
test-5d5754558d-rhxgc             0/1     ErrImageNeverPull   0          4s

but I do have this image on nerdctl images.

REPOSITORY                TAG           IMAGE ID        CREATED        PLATFORM       SIZE         BLOB SIZE  
nginx                     latest        0047b729188a    2 hours ago    linux/amd64    149.4 MiB    54.2 MiB

any ideas?

heres my test.yaml file:

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: test
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: test
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: test
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: test
          image: nginx:latest
          imagePullPolicy: Never
          stdin: true
          tty: true
          command:
            - /bin/bash
          ports:
            - containerPort: 80
              protocol: TCP
          env: null
      restartPolicy: Always

I am running Rancher Desktop on Windows 10.

[JDTX0]

You'll need to load the image into the k8s.io namespace rather than the default if you want Kubernetes to be able to use them.

You can add this flag to your nerdctl load command: --namespace=k8s.io

After the image is loaded, check with nerdctl images --namespace=k8s.io, if it's there, then your deployment/pod should work.

[tanyeun]

thanks you @JDTX0 that really helped!