JG-mirror/Kubernetes/Rancher-Deployment

Install helm

curl -fsSL -o get_helm.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-3
chmod 700 get_helm.sh
./get_helm.sh

Add Rancher Helm Repository

helm repo add rancher-alpha https://releases.rancher.com/server-charts/alpha
kubectl create namespace cattle-system

Install Cert-Manager

kubectl apply -f https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.11.0/cert-manager.crds.yaml
helm repo add jetstack https://charts.jetstack.io
helm repo update
helm install cert-manager jetstack/cert-manager \
--namespace cert-manager \
--create-namespace \
--version v1.11.0
kubectl get pods --namespace cert-manager

Install Rancher

helm install rancher rancher-alpha/rancher --devel \
 --namespace cattle-system \
 --set hostname=rancher.my.org \
 --set bootstrapPassword=admin
kubectl -n cattle-system rollout status deploy/rancher
kubectl -n cattle-system get deploy rancher

Expose Rancher via Loadbalancer

kubectl get svc -n cattle-system
kubectl expose deployment rancher --name=rancher-lb --port=443 --type=LoadBalancer -n cattle-system
kubectl get svc -n cattle-system

Go to Rancher GUI

Hit the url… and create your account Be patient as it downloads and configures a number of pods in the background to support the UI (can be 5-10mins)