Rancher in a VM on Ubuntu Server – Unsecured

Aproximate time: 30 minutes

Rancher is an open source management system for Kubernetes. It is a lightweight platform capable of managing a cluster or standalone install. It allows you to be as sophisticated or as basic as you want to be. I am going to show you how to install it in an unsecured manner on a VM in your environment.

Pre-requisites:

• 4 gb of Ram
• 2 CPUs
• 100 gb of Disk Space
• Ubuntu Server 20.04+ installed

1 – sudo nano -c /etc/hosts
192.168.1.140 ohdoc01.cfs.loc ohdoc01
192.168.1.141 ohdoc02.cfs.loc ohdoc02
192.168.1.142 ohdoc03.cfs.loc ohdoc03
192.168.1.143 ohdoc04.cfs.loc ohdoc04

2 – sudo nano -c /etc/resolv.config
nameserver 1.1.1.1
nameserver 9.9.9.9

3 – ssh into the Device

You must be root to perform the rest of this recipe
4 – sudo -i

5 – mkdir -p /etc/rancher/rke2
6 – cd /etc/rancher/rke2
7 – nano -c config.yaml

token: n3tw0rk2022   <- Any Shared Secret
tls-san:
  - 192.168.1.59

8 – ctrl-x -> y -> save file
9 – curl -sfL https://get.rancher.io | sh –
10 – rancherd –help
Look for the Rancher Kubernetes Engine 2 – near the top
11 – systemctl enable rancherd-server.service <- Enable Rancher Service
12 – systemctl start rancherd-server.service <- Start Rancher Service
13 – journalctl -eu rancherd-server -f <- Check to make sure it’s installing.
14 – rancherd reset-admin <- Reset your admin password.

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