diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/requirements/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/requirements/_index.md index d4c20002eb1..b37c05a8fe5 100644 --- a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/requirements/_index.md +++ b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/requirements/_index.md @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Make sure the node(s) for the Rancher server fulfill the following requirements: - [RKE and Hosted Kubernetes](#rke-and-hosted-kubernetes) - [K3s Kubernetes](#k3s-kubernetes) - [RancherD](#rancherd) + - [RKE2](#rke2) - [CPU and Memory for Rancher before v2.4.0](#cpu-and-memory-for-rancher-before-v2-4-0) - [Disks](#disks) - [Networking Requirements](#networking-requirements) @@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ The Rancher UI works best in Firefox or Chrome. Rancher should work with any modern Linux distribution. -Docker is required for nodes that will run RKE Kubernetes clusters. It is not required for RancherD installs. +Docker is required for nodes that will run RKE Kubernetes clusters. It is not required for RancherD or RKE2 Kubernetes installs. Rancher needs to be installed on a supported Kubernetes version. To find out which versions of Kubernetes are supported for your Rancher version, refer to the [support maintenance terms.](https://rancher.com/support-maintenance-terms/) @@ -66,7 +67,15 @@ At this time, only Linux OSes that leverage systemd are supported. To install RancherD on SELinux Enforcing CentOS 8 or RHEL 8 nodes, some [additional steps](#rancherd-on-selinux-enforcing-centos-8-or-rhel-8-nodes) are required. -Docker is not required for RancherD installs. +Docker is not required for RancherD installs. + +### RKE2 Specific Requirements + +_The RKE2 install is available as of v2.5.6._ + +For details on which OS versions were tested with RKE2, refer to the [RKE documentation.](https://docs.rke2.io/install/requirements/#operating-systems) + +Docker is not required for RKE2 installs. ### Installing Docker @@ -124,6 +133,15 @@ These CPU and memory requirements apply to each instance with RancherD installed | Small | Up to 5 | Up to 50 | 2 | 5 GB | | Medium | Up to 15 | Up to 200 | 3 | 9 GB | +### RKE2 Kubernetes + +These CPU and memory requirements apply to each instance with RKE2 installed. Minimum recommendations are outlined here. + +| Deployment Size | Clusters | Nodes | vCPUs | RAM | +| --------------- | -------- | --------- | ----- | ---- | +| Small | Up to 5 | Up to 50 | 2 | 5 GB | +| Medium | Up to 15 | Up to 200 | 3 | 9 GB | + ### Docker These CPU and memory requirements apply to a host with a [single-node]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/other-installation-methods/single-node-docker) installation of Rancher.