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This documentation explains how to provision Rancher Manager and RKE2 Kubernetes cluster.

Pre-requisites

The configuration for creating "Rancher Manager" instance and "RKE2 kubernetes clusters" is not enabled by default for the tenancy. 

If you're interested in using this deployment, please raise a ticket in the EWC Support Portal requesting access to this feature. 

Rancher Manager deployment

1. From the Morpheus portal access the “Provisioning”→”Instances”
   
   
   
   
2. Press “Add” to start the Rancher Instance creation
   
   
   
3. Search for Rancher in the search bar and select the Rancher Manager instance type and press “Next”:
   
   
   
4. Fill in the basic parameters like “Name” :
   
   
   
   
5. Keep filling the instance configuration parameters :
   - Plan (e.g. 8cpu-8gbmem-30gbdisk).
   - Networks (The instance requires a public IP. This could be achieved either attaching the private network and use a floating-ip or by attaching directly the "external-internet" network. More information can be found in the page Provision a new instance - web).
   - Rancher Dashboard Admin Password: this is the password needed to access the Rancher Dashboard at the end of the provisioning (username: "admin") - this same password will be needed for the provisioning and connection to the kubernetes clusters.
   - Security Group : "ssh-https"
   
   
   
6. Continue with the default setting in the next panels. After reviewing the settings press "Complete" to start the provisioning:
   
   
   
7. Wait for the deployment to complete, it should take on average between 15-20 minutes:
   
   
   
   
8. Once the deployment is completed, it is possible to access the newly created instance by connecting via a browser to the following url: "https://<rancher instance name>.<tenancy name>.<site char>.ewcloud.host"  according to the naming convention explained on the page EWC DNS. You can login using the username: admin password: Rancher Dashboard Admin Password that you used for the deployment. You will see the following dashboard:
   
   

RKE2 Kubernetes cluster deployment

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