diff --git a/hosts/common/configs/system/kubernetes/default.nix b/hosts/common/configs/system/kubernetes/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..daabd08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/common/configs/system/kubernetes/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    kubectl
+    kubernetes-helm
+    kind
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/hosts/common/configs/user/console/docker/default.nix b/hosts/common/configs/user/console/docker/default.nix
index 6ad7460..5f5f110 100644
--- a/hosts/common/configs/user/console/docker/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/configs/user/console/docker/default.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 }:
 {
   config,
-  inputs,
-  utils,
+  lib,
   pkgs,
   ...
 }:
@@ -28,6 +27,9 @@
     };
   };
 
+  home-manager.users.${user}.home.packages = with pkgs; [ docker-compose ];
+}
+// lib.mkIf config.virtualisation.docker.rootless.enable {
   environment.persistence."/persist"."${home}/.local/share/docker" = { };
 
   systemd.user = {
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@
       config.environment.persistence."/persist"."${home}/.local/share/docker".mount
     ];
   };
-
-  home-manager.users.${user}.home.packages = with pkgs; [ docker-compose ];
+}
+// lib.mkIf (!config.virtualisation.docker.rootless.enable) {
+  users.users.${user}.extraGroups = [ "docker" ];
 }
diff --git a/hosts/common/configs/user/console/kubernetes/default.nix b/hosts/common/configs/user/console/kubernetes/default.nix
index 89f1ea5..0f7d2a4 100644
--- a/hosts/common/configs/user/console/kubernetes/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/configs/user/console/kubernetes/default.nix
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
 {
   home-manager.users.${user} = {
     home.packages = with pkgs; [
-      kubernetes-helm
       kubectl
+      kubernetes-helm
+      kind
     ];
 
     programs.zsh.p10k.extraRightPromptElements = [ "kubecontext" ];
diff --git a/hosts/elara/default.nix b/hosts/elara/default.nix
index 07acf61..5ec7d88 100644
--- a/hosts/elara/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/elara/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     ../common/configs/system/git
     ../common/configs/system/gpg-agent
     ../common/configs/system/impermanence
+    ../common/configs/system/kubernetes
     ../common/configs/system/lsof
     ../common/configs/system/ncdu
     ../common/configs/system/neovim
diff --git a/hosts/elara/users/nikara/configs/console/docker/default.nix b/hosts/elara/users/nikara/configs/console/docker/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..902018e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/elara/users/nikara/configs/console/docker/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  user ? throw "user argument is required",
+  home ? throw "home argument is required",
+}:
+{ lib, ... }:
+{
+  virtualisation.docker.rootless.enable = lib.mkForce false;
+}
diff --git a/hosts/elara/users/nikara/default.nix b/hosts/elara/users/nikara/default.nix
index edce378..0c9ca16 100644
--- a/hosts/elara/users/nikara/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/elara/users/nikara/default.nix
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ in
     (import ../../../common/configs/user/gui/x11 { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../../common/configs/user/gui/xdg { inherit user home; })
 
+    (import ./configs/console/docker { inherit user home; })
     (import ./configs/console/git { inherit user home; })
     (import ./configs/console/go { inherit user home; })
     (import ./configs/console/java { inherit user home; })