Hi all! So, currently, I've got a server running Docker on Ubuntu 18.04, with a bunch of docker-compose configs running, most behind Traefik. This has been a "home" lab of sorts for myself for a while. Now, I'm being asked to set up a Windows instance for Quickbooks, apparently, and so i need to create a VM, but those are harder to manage in a way that makes sense for non-technical users and i would prefer to manage containers and vms in the same place. I've heard that Rancher can do vms in docker, if so, how can I get this set up, and import my existing stuff? (Traefik is configured with Cloudflare) Noting that, we also have a second server that's yet to be set up - so I would like to connect that as well, later. -- i know that it can manage a VM host, but ideally i want to be able to have all systems be capable of both vms and containers seamlessly

Hi, IDK about Rancher managing VM’s through Docker but I know Rancher can Manage harvester which utilizes KubeVirt under the hood . I would check that out as a base hypervisor If you want to integrate everything into the Rancher ecosystem.

in that case, is "Harvester" installable on top of an existing setup, which would let me do both vms and containers on one system?

Harvester is a standalone self-contained HCI solution - see harvesterhci.io

huh. how come there doesnt seem to be a system that does both vms and containers interchangeably?