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# generala
adamant-kite-43734
06/15/2023, 8:47 PMThis message was deleted.
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creamy-pencil-82913
06/15/2023, 8:48 PMpop open a shell on the cluster and use kubectl apply?
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acceptable-belgium-2684
06/15/2023, 8:51 PMI am trying to learn if it is possible deploy my applications using raw kubernetes manifest and deploy them to the Rancher server. After that Rancher will take care of deploying it to the correct cluster.
So wondering if there are special manifest constructions to create my projects etc and deploy them.
acceptable-belgium-2684
06/15/2023, 8:53 PMBut maybe this is not the best way to do it 🙂 On every tutorial out there I see the involvement of the UI which is used to create a project select a cluster and deploy it onto that cluster.
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creamy-pencil-82913
06/15/2023, 8:53 PMif you’re using raw manifests, then you’re not using rancher. you’re talking directly to the cluster’s apiserver
creamy-pencil-82913
06/15/2023, 8:54 PMunless you’re using fleet to deploy the manifests
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acceptable-belgium-2684
06/15/2023, 8:57 PMI had the impression that fleet only takes care of the GitOps workflow and is not involved in actively distributing the manifest to the correct cluster. But I guess I am mistaken
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creamy-pencil-82913
06/15/2023, 8:57 PMit deploys things to clusters
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acceptable-belgium-2684
06/15/2023, 8:59 PMSo to get my mind clear…
Rancher - Create and Maintain Clusters
Fleet - Distribution of the manifest to the correct Clusters
If you create a project in the Rancher UI and create a workload on that cluster then Rancher talks directly to the cluster API server.
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creamy-pencil-82913
06/15/2023, 9:09 PMcorrect
creamy-pencil-82913
06/15/2023, 9:09 PMrancher has a connection to the apiserver in each of the downstream clusters, and the UI tunnels through rancher to the downstream cluster when you interact with it.
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