Thanks for the video, you did a great job, I am trying to make decision for managed Kubernetes, so I want to setup my cluster on prem, not sure if Rancher is a good choice or not ! I have vmware esxi cluster in my datacenter, it would be great if you have another video explain how to setup cluster on esxi , step by step, and also load balancer and storage management within the k8s cluster
The great thing here is you have a lot of flexibility on the infrastructure side from Rancher's perspective. As far as deploying vSphere and setting up a cluster, I would suggest starting with the VCF design documentation, as it pretty much the standard today.
Is there a guide that you suggest before to arrive at 2:23 page? The rancher official guide seems partially broken, it doesn't work for me (Ubuntu 22 VM, Install/Upgrade Rancher on a Kubernetes Cluster page)
Amazing video! I'm curious about your choice of using ReadWriteMany (RWM) for Grafana instead of ReadWriteOnce (RWO). Is there a specific reason for this decision, and is it recommended to use RWM over RWO in production environments for PVC access mode?
Running the persistent volume in ReadWriteMany allows multiple pods to access the volume, so that means the Grafana deployment can be spread across multiple nodes. It can also depend on what type of storage you have backing the persistent volumes and their capabilities.
Great video, thank you for posting this. It is very helpful. I was wondering if you do anything to your templates before creating clusters with them. I am forever stuck on "Waiting for agent to check in and apply initial plan". I can seem to figure out the issue. I thought maybe it has something to do with the template.
Same issue here. Can't even create the cluster. There are threads about bugs that can cause this but they've been open since 2018 with no fixes except for existing clusters
Make sure you are using the cloud image template and that the VM (assuming you are doing this in a VMW environment) is able to get an IP address through DHCP.
@@virtualelephant does have the IP change cause any issues? Does it change? Are you changing your lease length to something super long? Or are you using consul or some other mesh services so that it doesn't matter if it does change?
I like this, as a newbie
I'm glad you found it useful. Be sure to check out my other Kubernetes video, including the new Kubernetes installation tutorial.
Great video! Prometheus and Grafana look crazy easy!
They are!
Thanks for the video, you did a great job, I am trying to make decision for managed Kubernetes, so I want to setup my cluster on prem, not sure if Rancher is a good choice or not ! I have vmware esxi cluster in my datacenter, it would be great if you have another video explain how to setup cluster on esxi , step by step, and also load balancer and storage management within the k8s cluster
The great thing here is you have a lot of flexibility on the infrastructure side from Rancher's perspective. As far as deploying vSphere and setting up a cluster, I would suggest starting with the VCF design documentation, as it pretty much the standard today.
Is there a guide that you suggest before to arrive at 2:23 page? The rancher official guide seems partially broken, it doesn't work for me (Ubuntu 22 VM, Install/Upgrade Rancher on a Kubernetes Cluster page)
Thank's for nice tutorial. Is there a way to provision k8s cluster in some automation way ? like rancher cli or something ?
I used Kubespray ansible automation to provision K8s cluster
Amazing video! I'm curious about your choice of using ReadWriteMany (RWM) for Grafana instead of ReadWriteOnce (RWO). Is there a specific reason for this decision, and is it recommended to use RWM over RWO in production environments for PVC access mode?
Running the persistent volume in ReadWriteMany allows multiple pods to access the volume, so that means the Grafana deployment can be spread across multiple nodes. It can also depend on what type of storage you have backing the persistent volumes and their capabilities.
Love it. Great work @virtualelephant
The cluster is rolling out nicely. Keep such vids coming. Love your studio setup too.
Much appreciated!
Great video, thank you for posting this. It is very helpful. I was wondering if you do anything to your templates before creating clusters with them. I am forever stuck on "Waiting for agent to check in and apply initial plan". I can seem to figure out the issue. I thought maybe it has something to do with the template.
Same issue here. Can't even create the cluster. There are threads about bugs that can cause this but they've been open since 2018 with no fixes except for existing clusters
@@thecactustree I was able to get everything to work. I think my issue was with the template. Make sure you set that up by the "book".
@@OrgNetworks my "template" is the Ubuntu cloud OVA with no changes. Does it need customization? I was reading it worked out of the box.
Make sure you are using the cloud image template and that the VM (assuming you are doing this in a VMW environment) is able to get an IP address through DHCP.
Not in my experience. The stock/standard Ubuntu Cloud OVA works out of the box.
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Can you explain cillium…
Yes, the next video will be a deep dive into the Cilium CNI with Rancher. Until then, I have several other videos that talk generically about Cilium.
How do you handle IP addresses?
I'm using DHCP for almost everything when I'm deploying Kubernetes clusters.
@@virtualelephant What happens if the ip changes?
@@virtualelephant does have the IP change cause any issues? Does it change? Are you changing your lease length to something super long? Or are you using consul or some other mesh services so that it doesn't matter if it does change?