diff --git a/tests/e2e/dualstack/dualstack_test.go b/tests/e2e/dualstack/dualstack_test.go
index 85b0230aeb..9e5e10050f 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/dualstack/dualstack_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/dualstack/dualstack_test.go
@@ -183,9 +183,9 @@ var _ = AfterEach(func() {
 
 var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
 	if failed {
-		AddReportEntry("journald-logs", e2e.TailJournalLogs(1000, append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...)))
+		AddReportEntry("journald-logs", e2e.TailJournalLogs(1000, tc.AllNodes()))
 	} else {
-		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))).To(Succeed())
+		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(tc.AllNodes())).To(Succeed())
 	}
 	if !failed || *ci {
 		Expect(e2e.DestroyCluster()).To(Succeed())
diff --git a/tests/e2e/embeddedmirror/embeddedmirror_test.go b/tests/e2e/embeddedmirror/embeddedmirror_test.go
index d16731cbd5..a10642eb47 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/embeddedmirror/embeddedmirror_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/embeddedmirror/embeddedmirror_test.go
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ var _ = AfterEach(func() {
 
 var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
 	if failed {
-		Expect(e2e.SaveJournalLogs(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))).To(Succeed())
+		Expect(e2e.SaveJournalLogs(tc.AllNodes())).To(Succeed())
 	} else {
-		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))).To(Succeed())
+		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(tc.AllNodes())).To(Succeed())
 	}
 	if !failed || *ci {
 		Expect(e2e.DestroyCluster()).To(Succeed())
diff --git a/tests/e2e/externalip/externalip_test.go b/tests/e2e/externalip/externalip_test.go
index 46784ee3d2..928305d776 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/externalip/externalip_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/externalip/externalip_test.go
@@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ var _ = AfterEach(func() {
 
 var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
 	if failed {
-		Expect(e2e.SaveJournalLogs(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))).To(Succeed())
+		Expect(e2e.SaveJournalLogs(tc.AllNodes())).To(Succeed())
 	} else {
-		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))).To(Succeed())
+		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(tc.AllNodes())).To(Succeed())
 	}
 	if !failed || *ci {
 		Expect(e2e.DestroyCluster()).To(Succeed())
diff --git a/tests/e2e/privateregistry/privateregistry_test.go b/tests/e2e/privateregistry/privateregistry_test.go
index ba989bf68c..3dd7b52746 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/privateregistry/privateregistry_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/privateregistry/privateregistry_test.go
@@ -137,9 +137,9 @@ var _ = AfterEach(func() {
 
 var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
 	if failed {
-		Expect(e2e.SaveJournalLogs(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))).To(Succeed())
+		Expect(e2e.SaveJournalLogs(tc.AllNodes())).To(Succeed())
 	} else {
-		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))).To(Succeed())
+		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(tc.AllNodes())).To(Succeed())
 	}
 	if !failed || *ci {
 		r1, err := tc.Servers[0].RunCmdOnNode("docker rm -f registry")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/rotateca/rotateca_test.go b/tests/e2e/rotateca/rotateca_test.go
index fdb17bb5c6..dd692c90ce 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/rotateca/rotateca_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/rotateca/rotateca_test.go
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ var _ = AfterEach(func() {
 
 var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
 	if failed {
-		AddReportEntry("journald-logs", e2e.TailJournalLogs(1000, append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...)))
+		AddReportEntry("journald-logs", e2e.TailJournalLogs(1000, tc.AllNodes()))
 	} else {
-		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))).To(Succeed())
+		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(tc.AllNodes())).To(Succeed())
 	}
 	if !failed || *ci {
 		Expect(e2e.DestroyCluster()).To(Succeed())
diff --git a/tests/e2e/s3/s3_test.go b/tests/e2e/s3/s3_test.go
index 8cbfb05136..d4b75108e5 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/s3/s3_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/s3/s3_test.go
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ var _ = AfterEach(func() {
 
 var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
 	if failed {
-		Expect(e2e.SaveJournalLogs(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))).To(Succeed())
+		Expect(e2e.SaveJournalLogs(tc.AllNodes())).To(Succeed())
 	} else {
-		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))).To(Succeed())
+		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(tc.AllNodes())).To(Succeed())
 	}
 	if !failed || *ci {
 		Expect(e2e.DestroyCluster()).To(Succeed())
diff --git a/tests/e2e/startup/startup_test.go b/tests/e2e/startup/startup_test.go
index 0a7a36f7b8..5fd593f597 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/startup/startup_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/startup/startup_test.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Various Startup Configurations", Ordered, func() {
 				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 			}
 			supervisorPortYAML := "supervisor-port: 9345\napiserver-port: 6443\napiserver-bind-address: 0.0.0.0\ndisable: traefik\nnode-taint: node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane:NoExecute"
-			err := StartK3sCluster(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...), supervisorPortYAML, "")
+			err := StartK3sCluster(tc.AllNodes(), supervisorPortYAML, "")
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), e2e.GetVagrantLog(err))
 
 			By("CLUSTER CONFIG")
@@ -160,13 +160,13 @@ var _ = Describe("Various Startup Configurations", Ordered, func() {
 		})
 
 		It("Kills the cluster", func() {
-			err := KillK3sCluster(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))
+			err := KillK3sCluster(tc.AllNodes())
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		})
 	})
 	Context("Verify kubelet config file", func() {
 		It("Starts K3s with no issues", func() {
-			for _, node := range append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...) {
+			for _, node := range tc.AllNodes() {
 				cmd := "mkdir -p --mode=0777 /tmp/kubelet.conf.d; echo 'apiVersion: kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1\nkind: KubeletConfiguration\nshutdownGracePeriod: 19s\nshutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 13s' > /tmp/kubelet.conf.d/99-shutdownGracePeriod.conf"
 				res, err := node.RunCmdOnNode(cmd)
 				By("checking command results: " + res)
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Various Startup Configurations", Ordered, func() {
 			}
 
 			kubeletConfigDirYAML := "kubelet-arg: config-dir=/tmp/kubelet.conf.d"
-			err := StartK3sCluster(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...), kubeletConfigDirYAML, kubeletConfigDirYAML)
+			err := StartK3sCluster(tc.AllNodes(), kubeletConfigDirYAML, kubeletConfigDirYAML)
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), e2e.GetVagrantLog(err))
 
 			By("CLUSTER CONFIG")
@@ -203,21 +203,21 @@ var _ = Describe("Various Startup Configurations", Ordered, func() {
 		})
 
 		It("Returns kubelet configuration", func() {
-			for _, node := range append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...) {
+			for _, node := range tc.AllNodes() {
 				cmd := "kubectl get --raw /api/v1/nodes/" + node.String() + "/proxy/configz"
 				Expect(e2e.RunCommand(cmd)).To(ContainSubstring(`"shutdownGracePeriod":"19s","shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods":"13s"`))
 			}
 		})
 
 		It("Kills the cluster", func() {
-			err := KillK3sCluster(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))
+			err := KillK3sCluster(tc.AllNodes())
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		})
 	})
 	Context("Verify CRI-Dockerd", func() {
 		It("Starts K3s with no issues", func() {
 			dockerYAML := "docker: true"
-			err := StartK3sCluster(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...), dockerYAML, dockerYAML)
+			err := StartK3sCluster(tc.AllNodes(), dockerYAML, dockerYAML)
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), e2e.GetVagrantLog(err))
 
 			By("CLUSTER CONFIG")
@@ -246,14 +246,14 @@ var _ = Describe("Various Startup Configurations", Ordered, func() {
 			e2e.DumpPods(tc.KubeconfigFile)
 		})
 		It("Kills the cluster", func() {
-			err := KillK3sCluster(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))
+			err := KillK3sCluster(tc.AllNodes())
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		})
 	})
 	Context("Verify prefer-bundled-bin flag", func() {
 		It("Starts K3s with no issues", func() {
 			preferBundledYAML := "prefer-bundled-bin: true"
-			err := StartK3sCluster(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...), preferBundledYAML, preferBundledYAML)
+			err := StartK3sCluster(tc.AllNodes(), preferBundledYAML, preferBundledYAML)
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), e2e.GetVagrantLog(err))
 
 			By("CLUSTER CONFIG")
@@ -282,14 +282,14 @@ var _ = Describe("Various Startup Configurations", Ordered, func() {
 			e2e.DumpPods(tc.KubeconfigFile)
 		})
 		It("Kills the cluster", func() {
-			err := KillK3sCluster(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))
+			err := KillK3sCluster(tc.AllNodes())
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		})
 	})
 	Context("Verify disable-agent and egress-selector-mode flags", func() {
 		It("Starts K3s with no issues", func() {
 			disableAgentYAML := "disable-agent: true\negress-selector-mode: cluster"
-			err := StartK3sCluster(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...), disableAgentYAML, "")
+			err := StartK3sCluster(tc.AllNodes(), disableAgentYAML, "")
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), e2e.GetVagrantLog(err))
 
 			By("CLUSTER CONFIG")
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Various Startup Configurations", Ordered, func() {
 		})
 
 		It("Kills the cluster", func() {
-			err := KillK3sCluster(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))
+			err := KillK3sCluster(tc.AllNodes())
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		})
 	})
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Various Startup Configurations", Ordered, func() {
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		})
 		It("Starts K3s with no issues", func() {
-			err := StartK3sCluster(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...), "", "")
+			err := StartK3sCluster(tc.AllNodes(), "", "")
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), e2e.GetVagrantLog(err))
 
 			By("CLUSTER CONFIG")
@@ -377,14 +377,14 @@ var _ = Describe("Various Startup Configurations", Ordered, func() {
 			}, "120s", "5s").Should(ContainSubstring("ranchertest/mytestcontainer"))
 		})
 		It("Kills the cluster", func() {
-			err := KillK3sCluster(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))
+			err := KillK3sCluster(tc.AllNodes())
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		})
 	})
 	Context("Verify server fails to start with bootstrap token", func() {
 		It("Fails to start with a meaningful error", func() {
 			tokenYAML := "token: aaaaaa.bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb"
-			err := StartK3sCluster(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...), tokenYAML, tokenYAML)
+			err := StartK3sCluster(tc.AllNodes(), tokenYAML, tokenYAML)
 			Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
 			Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
 				logs, err := tc.Servers[0].GetJournalLogs()
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Various Startup Configurations", Ordered, func() {
 
 		})
 		It("Kills the cluster", func() {
-			err := KillK3sCluster(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))
+			err := KillK3sCluster(tc.AllNodes())
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		})
 	})
@@ -407,10 +407,10 @@ var _ = AfterEach(func() {
 
 var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
 	if failed {
-		AddReportEntry("config", e2e.GetConfig(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...)))
-		Expect(e2e.SaveJournalLogs(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))).To(Succeed())
+		AddReportEntry("config", e2e.GetConfig(tc.AllNodes()))
+		Expect(e2e.SaveJournalLogs(tc.AllNodes())).To(Succeed())
 	} else {
-		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))).To(Succeed())
+		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(tc.AllNodes())).To(Succeed())
 	}
 	if !failed || *ci {
 		Expect(e2e.DestroyCluster()).To(Succeed())
diff --git a/tests/e2e/svcpoliciesandfirewall/svcpoliciesandfirewall_test.go b/tests/e2e/svcpoliciesandfirewall/svcpoliciesandfirewall_test.go
index 46d1032b97..1639bfc9d2 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/svcpoliciesandfirewall/svcpoliciesandfirewall_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/svcpoliciesandfirewall/svcpoliciesandfirewall_test.go
@@ -350,9 +350,9 @@ var _ = AfterEach(func() {
 
 var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
 	if failed {
-		AddReportEntry("journald-logs", e2e.TailJournalLogs(1000, append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...)))
+		AddReportEntry("journald-logs", e2e.TailJournalLogs(1000, tc.AllNodes()))
 	} else {
-		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))).To(Succeed())
+		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(tc.AllNodes())).To(Succeed())
 	}
 	if !failed || *ci {
 		Expect(e2e.DestroyCluster()).To(Succeed())
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tailscale/tailscale_test.go b/tests/e2e/tailscale/tailscale_test.go
index 08338af8cb..27dd9c1a89 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tailscale/tailscale_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/tailscale/tailscale_test.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Verify Tailscale Configuration", Ordered, func() {
 	It("Verify routing is correct and uses tailscale0 interface for internode traffic", func() {
 		// table 52 is the one configured by tailscale
 		cmd := "ip route show table 52"
-		for _, node := range append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...) {
+		for _, node := range tc.AllNodes() {
 			output, err := node.RunCmdOnNode(cmd)
 			fmt.Println(err)
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ var _ = AfterEach(func() {
 
 var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
 	if failed {
-		AddReportEntry("journald-logs", e2e.TailJournalLogs(1000, append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...)))
+		AddReportEntry("journald-logs", e2e.TailJournalLogs(1000, tc.AllNodes()))
 	} else {
-		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))).To(Succeed())
+		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(tc.AllNodes())).To(Succeed())
 	}
 	if !failed || *ci {
 		Expect(e2e.DestroyCluster()).To(Succeed())
diff --git a/tests/e2e/testutils.go b/tests/e2e/testutils.go
index 9893efd962..9d9cc1c4f9 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/testutils.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/testutils.go
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ type TestConfig struct {
 	Agents         []VagrantNode
 }
 
+func (tc *TestConfig) AllNodes() []VagrantNode {
+	return append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...)
+}
+
 func (tc *TestConfig) Status() string {
 	sN := strings.Join(VagrantSlice(tc.Servers), " ")
 	aN := strings.Join(VagrantSlice(tc.Agents), " ")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/upgradecluster/upgradecluster_test.go b/tests/e2e/upgradecluster/upgradecluster_test.go
index 14e284b209..0395de6878 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/upgradecluster/upgradecluster_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/upgradecluster/upgradecluster_test.go
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ var _ = Describe("Verify Upgrade", Ordered, func() {
 
 		It("Upgrades with no issues", func() {
 			var err error
-			Expect(e2e.UpgradeCluster(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...), *local)).To(Succeed())
-			Expect(e2e.RestartCluster(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))).To(Succeed())
+			Expect(e2e.UpgradeCluster(tc.AllNodes(), *local)).To(Succeed())
+			Expect(e2e.RestartCluster(tc.AllNodes())).To(Succeed())
 			fmt.Println("CLUSTER UPGRADED")
 			tc.KubeconfigFile, err = e2e.GenKubeconfigFile(tc.Servers[0].String())
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
@@ -352,9 +352,9 @@ var _ = AfterEach(func() {
 
 var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
 	if failed {
-		AddReportEntry("journald-logs", e2e.TailJournalLogs(1000, append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...)))
+		AddReportEntry("journald-logs", e2e.TailJournalLogs(1000, tc.AllNodes()))
 	} else {
-		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))).To(Succeed())
+		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(tc.AllNodes())).To(Succeed())
 	}
 	if !failed || *ci {
 		Expect(e2e.DestroyCluster()).To(Succeed())
diff --git a/tests/e2e/validatecluster/validatecluster_test.go b/tests/e2e/validatecluster/validatecluster_test.go
index d2967ac20b..8ccdfcb016 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/validatecluster/validatecluster_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/validatecluster/validatecluster_test.go
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Verify Create", Ordered, func() {
 
 	Context("Validate restart", func() {
 		It("Restarts normally", func() {
-			errRestart := e2e.RestartCluster(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))
+			errRestart := e2e.RestartCluster(tc.AllNodes())
 			Expect(errRestart).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Restart Nodes not happened correctly")
 
 			Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
@@ -350,9 +350,9 @@ var _ = AfterEach(func() {
 
 var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
 	if failed {
-		AddReportEntry("journald-logs", e2e.TailJournalLogs(1000, append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...)))
+		AddReportEntry("journald-logs", e2e.TailJournalLogs(1000, tc.AllNodes()))
 	} else {
-		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))).To(Succeed())
+		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(tc.AllNodes())).To(Succeed())
 	}
 	if !failed || *ci {
 		Expect(e2e.DestroyCluster()).To(Succeed())
diff --git a/tests/e2e/wasm/wasm_test.go b/tests/e2e/wasm/wasm_test.go
index a62fcf65bb..02bce94d86 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/wasm/wasm_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/wasm/wasm_test.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Verify K3s can run Wasm workloads", Ordered, func() {
 
 		It("Verify wasm-related containerd shims are installed", func() {
 			expected_shims := []string{"containerd-shim-spin-v2", "containerd-shim-slight-v1"}
-			for _, node := range append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...) {
+			for _, node := range tc.AllNodes() {
 				for _, shim := range expected_shims {
 					cmd := fmt.Sprintf("which %s", shim)
 					_, err := node.RunCmdOnNode(cmd)
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ var _ = AfterEach(func() {
 
 var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
 	if failed {
-		Expect(e2e.SaveJournalLogs(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))).To(Succeed())
+		Expect(e2e.SaveJournalLogs(tc.AllNodes())).To(Succeed())
 	} else {
-		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(append(tc.Servers, tc.Agents...))).To(Succeed())
+		Expect(e2e.GetCoverageReport(tc.AllNodes())).To(Succeed())
 	}
 	if !failed || *ci {
 		Expect(e2e.DestroyCluster()).To(Succeed())