From ebd69c111b47fababfdbbada648ff83bbe78cba0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jianghang8421 Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 16:45:28 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add Rancher ARM64 support docs --- .../rancher/v2.x/en/arm64-platform/_index.md | 33 +++++++++++++++++++ .../arm64-platform/manage-arm64-k8s/_index.md | 28 ++++++++++++++++ .../arm64-platform/rancher-on-arm64/_index.md | 12 +++++++ 3 files changed, 73 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/rancher/v2.x/en/arm64-platform/_index.md create mode 100644 content/rancher/v2.x/en/arm64-platform/manage-arm64-k8s/_index.md create mode 100644 content/rancher/v2.x/en/arm64-platform/rancher-on-arm64/_index.md diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/arm64-platform/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/arm64-platform/_index.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..9f7881db08c --- /dev/null +++ b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/arm64-platform/_index.md @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +--- +title: ARM64 Platform Support (Experimental) +weight: 7600 +--- + +_Available as of v2.2.0_ + +For the ARM64 platform, Rancher currently supports the following two features: + +- Running Rancher Server on ARM64 platform +- Using Rancher to manage ARM64 Platform Kubernetes + - Import ARM64 Kubernetes clusters + - Create ARM64 Kubernetes clusters with custom nodes + +>**Notes:** +>The `Monitoring`,`Alerts and Notifiers`,`Pipelines`,`Logging` features are currently not supported in the ARM64 platform. +>These features will be supported for the ARM64 platform in the future updates. + +>Now only `Flannel` network is supported to create custom Kubernetes clusters on ARM64 platform. +>Now Rancher only supports Kubernetes version `v1.12` and above on ARM64 platform. + +## Running Rancher Server on ARM64 platform + +The Rancher image is published using the [docker manifest](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/manifest/), so whether on the AMD64 platform or the ARM64 platform, you can use the same image name and tag to install Rancher. + +About how to install Rancher, please refer to the [Installation]({{< baseurl >}}/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/) section. + +## Using Rancher to manage ARM64 Platform Kubernetes + +Rancher currently supports the following two ways to manage ARM64 platform Kubernetes clusters. + +- [Import ARM64 Kubernetes clusters]({{< baseurl >}}/rancher/v2.x/en/arm64-platform/manage-arm64-k8s/#import-arm64-kubernetes-clusters) +- [Create ARM64 Kubernetes clusters with custom nodes]({{< baseurl >}}/rancher/v2.x/en/arm64-platform/manage-arm64-k8s/#create-arm64-kubernetes-clusters-with-custom-nodes) diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/arm64-platform/manage-arm64-k8s/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/arm64-platform/manage-arm64-k8s/_index.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ab4fa18205e --- /dev/null +++ b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/arm64-platform/manage-arm64-k8s/_index.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +--- +title: Using Rancher to manage ARM64 Kubernetes +weight: 50 +--- + +_Available as of v2.2.0_ + +Rancher currently supports the following two ways to manage ARM64 platform Kubernetes clusters. + +- Import ARM64 Kubernetes clusters +- Create ARM64 Kubernetes clusters with custom nodes + +### Import ARM64 Kubernetes clusters + +You can import an existing ARM64 platform Kubernetes cluster and then manage it using Rancher. +The rancher agent image is published using the [docker manifest](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/manifest/), so when you are importing clusters you don't need to change any configurations. + +About how to import Kubernetes clusters, please refer to the [Importing Kubernetes Clusters]({{< baseurl >}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/imported-clusters/) section. + +### Create ARM64 Kubernetes clusters with custom nodes + +Rancher supports creating ARM64 platform Kubernetes clusters with your custom nodes. +All the images which Rancher using to create Kubernetes clusters are published using the [docker manifest](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/manifest/), so you don't need to change any configurations to create ARM64 platform Kubernetes clusters. + +>Now only `Flannel` network is supported to create custom Kubernetes clusters on ARM64 platform. +>Now Rancher only supports Kubernetes version `v1.12` and above on ARM64 platform. + +About how to create Kubernetes clusters with custom nodes, please refer to the [Creating a Cluster with Custom Nodes]({{< baseurl >}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/custom-clusters/) section. diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/arm64-platform/rancher-on-arm64/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/arm64-platform/rancher-on-arm64/_index.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..96ecd9258f6 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/arm64-platform/rancher-on-arm64/_index.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +title: Running Rancher on ARM64 Platform +weight: 25 +--- + +_Available as of v2.2.0_ + +Rancher currently supports running on the ARM64 platform. + +The latest Rancher's image `rancher/rancher` is published using the [docker manifest](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/manifest/), so whether on the AMD64 platform or the ARM64 platform, you can use the same image name and tag to install Rancher. + +About how to install Rancher, please refer to the [Installation]({{< baseurl >}}/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/) section.