This Helm chart will install Rancher (docs, code) and is based from the official Helm chart (docs).
💡 Kubernetes objects will be installed in cattle-system
namespace
# adds helm chart repository
helm repo add rancher-latest https://releases.rancher.com/server-charts/latest
helm repo update
# searches for the latest version
helm search repo -l rancher
# manual: update version number in Chart.yaml
# updates Chart.lock
helm dependency update
- Example with NGINX Ingress controller, cert-manager, Let's Encrypt
# gets ingress controller public IP
NGINX_PUBLIC_IP=`kubectl get service -n ingress-nginx ingress-nginx-controller --output jsonpath='{.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip}'`
# checks the Kubernetes objects generated from the chart
helm template rancher . -f values.yaml \
--namespace cattle-system > temp.yaml
# applies the manifest (add "--debug > output.yaml" in case of issue)
helm upgrade --install rancher . -f values.yaml --create-namespace \
--set rancher.hostname=rancher.${NGINX_PUBLIC_IP}.sslip.io \
--set 'rancher.ingress.extraAnnotations.cert-manager\.io/cluster-issuer=letsencrypt-prod' \
--set rancher.ingress.ingressClassName=nginx \
--set rancher.ingress.tls.source=secret \
--set rancher.ingress.tls.secretName=rancher-tls \
--namespace cattle-system
# checks everything is ok
kubectl get svc,deploy,pod,ingress,pv,certificate -n cattle-system
# retrieves generated password
kubectl get secret --namespace cattle-system bootstrap-secret -o go-template='{{ .data.bootstrapPassword|base64decode}}{{ "\n" }}'
# manual: open https://rancher.${NGINX_PUBLIC_IP}.sslip.io/ (and login with admin and the password)
# if needed, deletes the chart
helm uninstall rancher -n cattle-system
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