RANCHER INSTALLATION:
CREATE AN UBUNTU INSTANCE OF SIZE T2 MEDIUM.
SSH INTO THE INSTANCE AND INSTALL DOCKER AND THEN RANCHER.
1. INSTALL DOCKER USING THIS SCRIPT:
#!/bin/bash
sudo apt update
sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal stable"
apt-cache policy docker-ce
sudo apt install docker-ce
sudo systemctl status docker
sudo usermod -aG docker ubuntu
sudo service docker restart
sudo service docker start
docker info
docker ps
RESOLVING PERMISSION DENIED ISSUE:
sudo chown ubuntu:ubuntu /var/run/docker.sock
2. CONFIRM DOCKER IS RUNNING AND THEN DEPLOY RANCHER WITH THIS COMMAND
sudo docker run --privileged -d --restart=unless-stopped -p 80:80 -p 443:443 rancher/rancher
3. SECURITY GROUP CONFIGURATION:
OPEN PORTS: 80 AND 443
4. GREP THE INITIAL PASSWRD FOR RANCHER:
docker logs container-id 2>&1 | grep "Bootstrap Password:"