Kind Load docker-image ERROR: failed to load image: command ....
Author: iraj-jeloCreated Sep 1, 2026Updated Sep 1, 2026
Hi there,
When I try to load any images onto my cluster nodes, by a command like :
kind load docker-image 'busybox:1.38.0' -n cluster-demo --nodes cluster-demo-worker2I get an error message like:
Image: "busybox:1.38.0" with ID "sha256:dc2d74b28e4cf8984fa52af1f39bc7c3d9c73760b41a74d629f5d11b1ab28616" not yet present on node "cluster-demo-worker2", loading...
ERROR: failed to load image: command "docker exec --privileged -i cluster-demo-worker2 ctr --namespace=k8s.io images import --all-platforms --digests --snapshotter=overlayfs -" failed with error: exit status 1
Command Output: ctr: content digest sha256:e86d3659bcca4c720111606875d3c5554678fd22ce255e8c5ed8e4f571d5d6c3: not foundI managed to load the image using a command like the following by removing --all-platforms and it worked:
docker save busybox:1.38.0 | docker exec --privileged -i cluster-demo-worker2 ctr --namespace=k8s.io images import --digests --snapshotter=overlayfs -kind version:
kind v0.32.0 go1.26.3 windows/amd64kindest/node:v1.36.1Docker version:
docker version
Client:
Version: 29.7.2
API version: 1.55
Go version: go1.26.5
Git commit: a7dcaa6
Built: Wed Aug 5 18:31:33 2026
OS/Arch: windows/amd64
Context: desktop-linux
Server: Docker Desktop 4.88.1 (237512)
Engine:
Version: 29.7.2
API version: 1.55 (minimum version 1.40)
Go version: go1.26.5
Git commit: 6a43e3d
Built: Wed Aug 5 18:28:36 2026
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Experimental: false
containerd:
Version: v2.3.3
GitCommit: aad11006b869517fcd3009450b6f82da282e1a9b
runc:
Version: 1.4.3
GitCommit: v1.4.3-0-gbb14dabe
docker-init:
Version: 0.19.0
GitCommit: de40ad0Source: kubernetes-sigs/kind