From 421f0472410f59d4f2939a6a1896672a4ac3e51f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: catherineluse Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 08:36:19 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add content to blank page --- .../other-installation-methods/_index.md | 12 ++++++++++++ .../other-installation-methods/air-gap/_index.md | 2 +- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/other-installation-methods/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/other-installation-methods/_index.md index fa5a75aa488..e382834ea2a 100644 --- a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/other-installation-methods/_index.md +++ b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/other-installation-methods/_index.md @@ -2,3 +2,15 @@ title: Other Installation Methods weight: 4 --- + +### Single Node Installations + +The [single-node Docker installation]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/other-installation-methods/single-node) is for Rancher users that are wanting to test out Rancher. Instead of running on a Kubernetes cluster using Helm, you install the Rancher server component on a single node using a `docker run` command. + +Since there is only one node and a single Docker container, if the node goes down, there is no copy of the etcd data available on other nodes and you will lose all the data of your Rancher server. + +### Air Gapped Installations + +Follow [these steps]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/other-installation-methods/air-gap) to install the Rancher server in an air gapped environment. + +An air gapped environment could be where Rancher server will be installed offline, behind a firewall, or behind a proxy. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/other-installation-methods/air-gap/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/other-installation-methods/air-gap/_index.md index b993b875fb0..ed7b449b896 100644 --- a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/other-installation-methods/air-gap/_index.md +++ b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/other-installation-methods/air-gap/_index.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This section is about installations of Rancher server in an air gapped environme ### Air Gapped High Availability (HA) Installations -Rancher recommends installing Rancher in a Highly Available (HA) configuration in an air gapped environment. +This section covers how to install Rancher in a Highly Available (HA) configuration in an air gapped environment. An HA installation is comprised of three nodes running the Rancher server components on a Kubernetes cluster. The persistence layer (etcd) is also replicated on these three nodes, providing redundancy and data duplication in case one of the nodes fails.