Create a Kubernetes Cluster on DigitalOcean and Import into Rancher

Praveen Perera

August 01, 2019

1 min read

cheatsheet, dev-ops, digital-ocean, kubernetes, rancher, rancher-on-doks

Instructions

  1. Create kubernetes cluster on DigitalOcean
  2. Install doctl DigitalOcean CLI tool 
brew install doctl
  1. Install kubectl command line tool for kubernetes 
brew install kubectl
  1. Get a list of your DigitalOcean kubernetes clusters 
doctl kubernetes cluster list
  1. Save the kubernetes .kubeconfig file using doctl 
doctl kubernetes cluster kubeconfig save $cluster_name
  1. Go to your rancher install
  2. Click Add Cluster, select Import under Import Existing Cluster and click Create
  3. Copy the kubectl command given to you in the next screen and paste into your terminal

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