Course Overview
This course covers deploying and administering Rancher Manager for Rancher Prime in existing Kubernetes clusters. The course begins with an introduction to Rancher Manager, what is required for a deployment, different deployment strategies, and best practices for deployment.
The next sections provide an understanding of deploying Rancher Manager in three different ways, using self-signed certificates, Let’s Encrypt and signed certificates, depending on your specific needs. Deployment in an air-gapped environment is also covered. Students are taught how to back up and restore Rancher Manager, migrate it to a new cluster, and how to upgrade it from a previous version to the current one.
Who should attend
This course is designed for users who will be deploying Rancher Manager, need to know the process to troubleshoot deployment problems, and will be providing consulting on Rancher Manager.
Prerequisites
An understanding of Kubernetes objects and resources is needed for this course. This knowledge can be gained through the ! course. Linux command line experience is required.
Course Objectives
Attendees will be taught the following concepts and skills:
- Overview of Rancher Manager
- Deployment Requirements
- Deployment Strategies
- Deployment of Rancher Manager
- Backup and Restore of Rancher Manager
- Migrating Rancher Manager to a New Cluster
- Upgrading Rancher Manager
Course Content
Section 1: Course Introduction
Section 2: Overview of the Rancher Manager Deployment Process
- Introduce Rancher Manager
- Understand Node Requirements for Rancher Manager Deployment
- Understand Deployment Strategies Understand Rancher Manager Deployment Options
- Overview of Rancher Manager Certificate Options
- Overview of Rancher Manager Deployment Best Practices
Section 3: Install Rancher Manager
- Overview of Rancher Manager Deployment
- Deploy cert-manager
- Deploy Rancher Manager with Self-Signed Certificates
- Deploy Rancher Manager with Let's Encrypt
- Deploy Rancher Manager with Signed Certificates
Section 4: Install Air-Gapped Rancher Prime Manager
- Overview of Rancher Manager in an Air-Gapped Environment
- Mirror Image Repositories
- Prepare Helm Charts
- Deploy cert-manager and Rancher Manager
Section 5: Backup, Restore, and Migrate Rancher Manager
- Overview of Rancher Manager Backup, Restore, and the Migration Processes
- Deploy the Rancher Backup Operator
- Back Up Rancher Manager
- Restore Rancher Manager
- Migrate Rancher Manager to a New Cluster
Section 6: Upgrade Rancher Manager
- Understand Rancher Manager Upgrade Best Practices
- Upgrade a Rancher Cluster