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I think you might find https://www.rancher.academy/courses/k3s-basics useful

thanks for sharing but in short the answer to my question (unless the course is incomplete) is that k3s does not have a portal?

If by "portal" you mean a web based graphical user interface, by default no K3s does not come with one built in. You are free to install one, for instance Rancher.

Well there is the kubernetes dashboard

I don't think the Kubernetes Dashboard installed by default in K3s, but - yes - it's another option.

@sticky-summer-13450 yup, it needs to be setup. Then there is the Traefik one too, but can't beat a rancher instance somewhere 😉