Evan Gallis egallis31

Set ESXi package acceptance level to community:

esxcli software acceptance set --level=CommunitySupported

Install the VIB:

cd /tmp
wget https://blog.rylander.io/2017/01/15/connect-a-esxi-6.5-host-to-a-ups-connected-to-a-synology-nas/NutClient-ESXi500-1.4.0.tar.gz
tar -xvzf NutClient-ESXi500-1.4.0.tar.gz

Rancher K8s Cluster on VMware vSphere

Prerequisites

vCenter Configuration

Configure the Network Protocol Profile on the vCenter according to: https://www.virtualthoughts.co.uk/2020/03/29/rancher-vsphere-network-protocol-profiles-and-static-ip-addresses-for-k8s-nodes/
Ensure to create a service user with the regarding global and folder specific permissions: https://rancher.com/docs/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/node-pools/vsphere/provisioning-vsphere-clusters/creating-credentials/
- Beside the vCenter role permissions from the official Rancher documentation, the following ones need to be provided in order to configure the Nodes via vApp options:
  - Content Library: Read storage
  - Extension: Register extension
vSphere Tagging: Assign or Unassign vSphere Tag on Object

	apiVersion: v1
	kind: Secret
	metadata:
	name: plex-claim-token
	namespace: media
	type: Opaque
	data:
	token: ${API_TOKEN_OPAQUE}
	---
	apiVersion: v1

	#!/bin/sh
	# Backup your data
	# Use at your own risk
	# Usage ./extended-cleanup-rancher2.sh
	# Include clearing all iptables: ./extended-cleanup-rancher2.sh flush
	docker rm -f $(docker ps -qa)
	docker rmi -f $(docker images -q)
	docker volume rm $(docker volume ls -q)
	for mount in $(mount \| grep tmpfs \| grep '/var/lib/kubelet' \| awk '{ print $3 }') /var/lib/kubelet /var/lib/rancher; do umount $mount; done
	cleanupdirs="/etc/ceph /etc/cni /etc/kubernetes /opt/cni /opt/rke /run/secrets/kubernetes.io /run/calico /run/flannel /var/lib/calico /var/lib/etcd /var/lib/cni /var/lib/kubelet /var/lib/rancher/rke/log /var/log/containers /var/log/pods /var/run/calico"