Chapter 8: Importing an Externally Managed Cluster into Rancher

In the previous chapters, we covered Rancher-created clusters and hosted clusters. This chapter will cover Rancher-imported clusters, and requirements and limitations when doing this. We'll then dive into a few example setups, with us finally ending the chapter by diving into how Rancher accesses an imported cluster.

In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics:

  • What is an imported cluster?
  • Requirements and limitations
  • Rules for architecting a solution
  • How can Rancher access a cluster?

What is an imported cluster?

After creating your first Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE) cluster and installing Rancher on the cluster, one of the first questions is this: What ...

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