I created an AWS AMI with docker and my image preloaded (docker image is 7 gigs and it takes too long to download from private registry). I am using Rancher and have set my node template to use this ami. When I run my

kubectl create -f command

I get the error that the image is not present and I don't have pull permissions. When I then ssh into the EC2 node and run

docker images

Only Rancher images show up. I know that the docker file is present with the AMI as I have launched separate instances outside of Kubernetes and have proved to myself that the docker image is present. I notice when spinning up the cluster through the Rancher UI that it appears that Docker is being reinstalled on the nodes which I believe is removing the docker image.