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Rancher - run locally

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Run Rancher Locally with Ngrok

Install k3s and k3d locally

k3d cluster create rancher-test

Install cert manager

kubectl apply -f https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.5.1/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 v1.5.1

Create namespace for Rancher

kubectl create namespace cattle-system

Install Rancher via Helm

helm repo add rancher-stable https://releases.rancher.com/server-charts/stable
helm repo update

helm install rancher rancher-stable/rancher --namespace cattle-system --set bootstrapPassword=admin --set replicas=1 --set hostname=rancher.my.org --version 2.7.2

Open 2 terminal windows:
- Start forwarding to the Rancher service

kubectl port-forward --namespace cattle-system svc/rancher 10000:443

Start ngrok pointing to the port forward address

ngrok http https://localhost:10000

Then access Rancher via the ngrok url :)

the port-forward will stop occasionally so you will need to restart it if that happens.

richardcase commented Jun 13, 2023

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@mbologna - that's a good point, and thanks for the addition 🎉

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