Init containers are not visible in the Cluster Explorer UI

[leodotcloud]

What kind of request is this (question/bug/enhancement/feature request):
bug

Steps to reproduce (least amount of steps as possible):

• Create a pod using an init container.
• Or use one of the existing canal pods in the System project/kube-system namespace

Result:

• One can see/access the logs of the install-cni init container in the Cluster Manager UI.
• The same container is missing in the Cluster Explorer UI.

Environment information

• Rancher version (rancher/rancher/rancher/server image tag or shown bottom left in the UI): v2.5.5
• Installation option (single install/HA): Both

gz#14633

gz#17564

[fvogl]

+1

[tompatib]

As with 2.6 version the "old" UI is not available anymore, this would be very nice to fix, please.

[gaktive]

Internal reference: SURE-2741, SURE-3021

[vincent99]

These are already in 2.6[.1+].

[richard-cox]

In the latest 2.6.4-bound code the logs for init containers are available as per other containers in the log window containers drop down.

[brudnak]

My checks PASSED

Reproduction Environment

Not required.

These are already in 2.6[.1+].

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Validation Environment

Component	Version / Type
Rancher version	v2.6-948355cc596b8466a77aec5276640425a5935852-head
Rancher cluster type	Docker
Docker version	20.10.7, build 20.10.7-0ubuntu5~20.04.2
Helm version	v2.16.8-rancher1
Downstream cluster type	RKE1 Linode
Downstream K8s version	v1.22.6-rancher1-1
Browser type	Firefox
Browser version	96.0.3

Validation steps

1. Starting from the default Rancher homepage /dashboard/home
2. Click hamburger menu -> Cluster Management -> Explore (next to downstream RKE1 cluster)
3. Click Workload -> Pods -> Only System Namespaces -> right click on canal pod in kube-system -> click View Logs -> Containers drop down list available

Logs for init containers are available as per other containers in the log window containers drop down.