Is there a place in rancher ui where I edit the “/var/lib/rancher/rke2/server/manifests” files? As an example if I want to change the ingress controller config to a “Deloyment”, am i expected to edit the file on one of the etcd/controlplane nodes?

Don’t edit those files. https://docs.rke2.io/helm#customizing-packaged-components-with-helmchartconfig

Correct, I’m not editing those included files, i’m creating a /var/lib/rancher/rke2/server/manifests/rke2-ingress-nginx-comfig.yaml file (which is one I create). What i’m asking is if I need to manually create that file on one or all of the etcd/control plane nodes or if there is some place I should be doing it within RancherUI

if you’re using Rancher you should be putting the HelmChartConfig in the Additional Manifest section of the cluster edit UI instead of creating files on individual nodes.

perfect that’s what i was getting at

once you save yes