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Easy mode: delete the VM and recreate it Hard mode: clean up the node and rke up: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/clean-cluster-nodes

Using a rancher docker deployment, what is the system that is doing rke up to begin with?

Rancher is... If you are creating nodes with rancher then deleting and recreating them shouldn't be a problem. (Also don't use rancher in docker except for testing)

Gotcha.