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Rancher Server v2.5.13

Installing Rancher Server v2.5.13 on RKE

Recommended RKE CLI version

v2.5.13

v1.2.19

v1.20.15-rancher1-2(default)

v1.19.16-rancher1-4
v1.18.20
v1.17.17

RANCHER VERSION

RECOMMENDED RKE CLI VERSION

DEFAULT KUBERNETES VERSION

OS & Docker

CentOS

 7.7, 7.8, 7.9

Docker 18.06.3, 18.09.x, 19.03.x, 20.10.x

8.2, 8.3, 8.4 (Until EOL - DEC 2021)

Docker 19.03.x, 20.10.x

Oracle Linux

7.7, 7.9

Docker 19.03.x, 20.10.x

8.2, 8.3, 8.4

Docker 19.03.x, 20.10.x

RHEL

7.7, 7.8, 7.9

RHEL Docker 1.13.x
Docker 18.06.3, 18.09.x, 19.03.x, 20.10.x

8.2, 8.3, 8.4

Docker 19.03.x, 20.10.x

SLES

12 SP5,  15SP1, 15SP2, 15SP3

Docker 19.03.x

Ubuntu

16.04, 18.04, 20.04

Docker 18.06.3, 18.09.x, 19.03.x, 20.10.x
Rocky Linux 8.4 Docker 19.03.x, 20.10.x 
openSUSE Leap 15.3 19.03.x, 20.10.x

TYPE

VERSION

VALIDATED/CERTIFIED ON1

Installing Rancher Server v2.5.13 on K3S

v1.20.15+k3s1 Aurora (Mysql 5.7) 2.09.0
MySQL 5.7
PostgreSQL 11.5, 12.5, 13.1
MariaDB 10.4.8
External Etcd 3.4.18
Embedded Etcd 3.4.18-k3s1
CRI: embedded Containerd v1.4.12-k3s1
CNI: embedded Flannel v0.14.1-k3s1

v1.19.16+k3s1

Aurora (Mysql 5.7) 2.09.0
MySQL 5.7
PostgreSQL 11.5, 12.5, 13.1
MariaDB 10.4.8
External Etcd 3.4.13
Embedded Etcd 3.4.13-k3s3
CRI: embedded Containerd v1.4.11-k3s1
CNI: embedded Flannel v0.14.1-k3s.1

v1.18.20+k3s1

(supported on Ubuntu and CentOS/RHEL 7.x only)

Aurora (Mysql 5.7) 2.09.0
MySQL 5.7
PostgreSQL 11.5
MariaDB 10.3.20
External Etcd 3.3.15
CRI: embedded Containerd v1.3.10-k3s1
CNI: embedded Flannel v0.11.0-k3s.2

v1.17.17+k3s1

(supported on Ubuntu only)

Aurora (Mysql 5.7) 2.09.0
MySQL 5.7
PostgreSQL 11.5
MariaDB 10.3.20
External Etcd 3.3.15
CRI: embedded Containerd v1.3.9-k3s1
CNI: embedded Flannel v0.11.0-k3s.1

K3S VERSION

VALIDATED/CERTIFIED ON

OS

Ubuntu

16.04, 18.04, 20.04

x86_64 architecture
SLES 15SP1, 15SP2, 15SP3 x86_64 architecture
openSUSE Leap 15.3 x86_64

CentOS

7.8, 7.9, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4

x86_64 architecture
Rocky Linux 8.4 x86_64 architecture

RHEL

7.8, 7.9, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4

x86_64 architecture

TYPE

VERSION

VALIDATED/CERTIFIED ON1

Installing Rancher Server v2.5.13 on RKE2

v1.20.15+rke2r2

CRI: Containerd v1.4.12-k3s1
CNI: Flannel v0.14.1

v1.19.16+rke2r1

CRI: Containerd v1.4.11-k3s1
CNI: Flannel v0.14.1

v1.18.20+rke2r1

(supported on Ubuntu only)

CRI: Containerd v1.3.10-k3s4
CNI: Flannel v0.13.0-rancher1

RKE2 VERSION

VALIDATED/CERTIFIED ON

OS

Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04 x86_64 architecture
SLES 15SP1, 15SP2, 15SP3 x86_64 architecture
openSUSE Leap 15.3 x86_64_architecture

TYPE

VERSION

VALIDATED/CERTIFIED ON1

Installing Rancher Server v2.5.13 on Hosted Kubernetes

AKS

Microsoft Azure

1.20.9

EKS

Amazon

v1.20.x

GKE

Google

v1.20.10-gke.301

SERVICE

PROVIDER

HIGHEST VERSION VALIDATED/CERTIFIED ON‡

Downstream Clusters in Rancher v2.5.13

Rancher RKE Downstream Clusters - Linux Worker Nodes

Note: Rancher RKE Downstream clusters can be either provisioned by node drivers or custom/existing nodes, or registered into Rancher

OS & Docker

CentOS

7.7, 7.8, 7.9

Docker 18.06.3, 18.09.x, 19.03.x, 20.10.x

8.2, 8.3

Docker 19.03.x, 20.10.x

Oracle Linux

7.7, 7.9

Docker 19.03.x, 20.10.x

8.2, 8.3,  8.4

Docker 19.03.x, 20.10.x

RHEL

7.7, 7.8, 7.9

RHEL Docker 1.13.x
Docker 18.06.3, 18.09.x, 19.03.x, 20.10.x

8.2, 8.3, 8.4

Docker 19.03.x, 20.10.x

SLES

12SP5, 15SP1, 15SP2, 15SP3

Docker 19.03.x, 20.10.x
openSUSE Leap 15.3 Docker 19.03.x, 20.10.x

Ubuntu

16.04, 18.04, 20.04

Docker  18.06.3, 18.09.x, 19.03.x, 20.10.x
Rocky Linux 8.4

Using custom node provisioning only: Docker 19.03.x, 20.10.x

(Rancher node driver provisioning of Docker is not supported)

TYPE

VERSION

VALIDATED/CERTIFIED ON1

Supported K8S Versions

1.20.15

etcd: v3.4.15

flannel: v0.15.1

canal: v3.17.2

nginx-ingress-controller: 1.1.0-rancher1 

1.19.16

etcd: v3.4.15
flannel: v0.15.1
canal: v3.16.5
nginx-ingress-controller: 1.1.0-rancher1 

1.18.20

etcd: v3.4.15
flannel: v0.15.1
canal: v3.13.4
nginx-ingress-controller: 0.35.0

1.17.17

etcd: v3.4.3
flannel: v0.15.1
canal: v3.13.4
nginx-ingress-controller: 0.35.0

UPSTREAM K8S VERSION

VALIDATED/CERTIFIED ON2,3,4,5

Node Drivers

AWS

N/A

Built-in, Active6

Azure

N/A

Built-in, Active6

Digital Ocean

N/A

Built-in, Active6

Linode

N/A

Built-in, Active6

VMware

vSphere 6.5, 6.7, 7.0

Built-in, Active6

TYPE

VERSION

SLA LIMITED TO

Rancher RKE Downstream Clusters - Windows Worker Nodes

Note: Windows clusters are added with Windows worker nodes only.

Supported Windows Server, Docker, K8S Versions

Windows Server 2019 LTSC

Docker 19.03.x EE

1.20.x

1.19.8

1.18.16

1.17.12

1/19/2024

Windows Server

Docker Version

UPSTREAM K8S VERSION

Windows EOM

Matrix based off of:

Kubernetes/Windows Support: https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/production-environment/windows/intro-windows-in-kubernetes/#windows-os-version-support

Windows Support: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/windows-server-release-info

Windows Servicing Channels: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started-19/servicing-channels-19

Rancher K3S Downstream Clusters

Note: Rancher k3s clusters can only be registered into Rancher

OS

Ubuntu

16.04, 18.04, 20.04

x86_64 architecture
SLES 15SP1, 15SP2, 15SP3 x86_64 architecture
openSUSE Leap 15.3 x86_64 architecture

CentOS

7.8, 7.9, 8.2, 8.3

x86_64 architecture
Rocky Linux 8.4 x86_64 architecture

RHEL

7.8, 7.9, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4

x86_64 architecture

TYPE

VERSION

VALIDATED/CERTIFIED ON1

Supported K3S Versions

v1.20.15+k3s1 Aurora (Mysql 5.7) 2.09.0
MySQL 5.7
PostgreSQL 11.5, 12.5, 13.1
MariaDB 10.3.20
External Etcd 3.4.18
Embedded Etcd 3.4.18-k3s1
CRI: embedded Containerd v1.4.12-k3s1
CNI: embedded Flannel v0.14.1-k3s1

v1.19.16+k3s1

Aurora (Mysql 5.7) 2.09.0
MySQL 5.7
PostgreSQL 11.5, 12.5, 13.1
MariaDB 10.3.20
External Etcd 3.3.15
Embedded Etcd 3.4.13-k3s3
CRI: embedded Containerd v1.4.11-k3s1
CNI: embedded Flannel v0.14.1-k3s.1

v1.18.20+k3s1
(supported on Ubuntu and CentOS/RHEL 7.x only)

Aurora (Mysql 5.7) 2.09.0
MySQL 5.7
PostgreSQL 11.5
MariaDB 10.3.20
External Etcd 3.3.15
CRI: embedded Containerd v1.3.10-k3s1
CNI: embedded Flannel v0.11.0-k3s.2

1.17.17+k3s1
(supported on Ubuntu only)

Aurora (Mysql 5.7) 2.09.0
MySQL 5.7
PostgreSQL 11.5
MariaDB 10.3.20
External Etcd 3.3.15
CRI: embedded Containerd v1.3.9-k3s1
CNI: embedded Flannel v0.11.0-k3s.1

K3S VERSION

VALIDATED/CERTIFIED ON2,3,4,5

Rancher RKE2 Downstream Clusters

Note: Rancher RKE2, also known as RKE Government, clusters can only be registered into Rancher.

OS

CentOS

7.8, 7.9, 8.2, 8.3

x86_64 architecture
Rocky Linux 8.4 x86_64 architecture

RHEL

7.8, 7.9, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4

x86_64 architecture
SLES 15SP1, 15SP2, 15SP3 x86_64 architecture
openSUSE Leap 15.3 x86_64 architecture

Ubuntu

16.04, 18.04, 20.04

x86_64 architecture

TYPE

VERSION

VALIDATED/CERTIFIED ON1

Supported RKE2 Versions

v1.20.15+rke2r2

Etcd: v3.4.13-k3s1
Containerd: v1.4.12-k3s1
Runc: v1.0.3
CNI Plugins: v0.9.1
Flannel: v0.14.1
Calico: v3.13.3
Cilium: v1.9.8
Metrics-server: v0.5.0
CoreDNS: v1.8.5
Ingress-Nginx: v4.0.3
Helm-controller: v0.11.7

v1.19.16+rke2r1

Etcd: v3.4.13-k3s1
Containerd: v1.4.11-k3s1
Runc: v1.0.1
CNI Plugins: v0.9.1
Flannel: v0.14.1
Calico: v3.13.3
Metrics-server: v0.3.6
CoreDNS: v1.6.9
Ingress-Nginx: v4.0.3
Helm-controller: v0.8.4
v1.18.20+rke2r1 Etcd: v3.4.13-k3s1
Containerd: v1.3.10-k3s4
Runc: v1.0.0-rc95
CNI Plugins: v0.8.7
Flannel: v0.13.0-rancher1
Calico: v3.13.3
Metrics-server: v0.3.6
CoreDNS: v1.6.9
Ingress-Nginx: v1.36.3
Helm-controller: v0.8.4

RKE2 VERSION

VALIDATED/CERTIFIED ON2,3,4,5

Hosted Kubernetes Downstream Clusters

Note: Hosted Kubernetes clusters can be either provisioned by Rancher or registered into Rancher

Supported K8S Versions

AKS

Microsoft Azure

1.20.13

EKS

Amazon

v1.20.7-eks-d88609

 Managed node groups provisioned by Rancher support Amazon Linux 2 OS   

GKE

Google

 v1.20.15-gke.4100


SERVICE

PROVIDER

HIGHEST VERSION VALIDATED/CERTIFIED ON‡

 Notes

Other Registered Kubernetes Downstream Clusters

Note: Any other type of registered Kubernetes cluster can be registered

Supported K8S Versions 

Any 1.20.6

Any

1.19.10

Any

1.18.18

Any

1.17.17

Any

1.16.15

EKS

1.20.x

TYPE

HIGHEST VERSION VALIDATED/CERTIFIED ON‡

Cluster Explorer Apps

Rancher Apps

Alerting and Monitoring

rancher-monitoring

16.6.1

Istio

rancher-istio

1.11.701

Logging

rancher-logging

 3.15.00

CIS

rancher-cis-benchmark

1.0.700

Rancher Backup

rancher-backup

1.2.1

FEATURE

APP NAME

APP VERSION2 3 4 5

Rancher Longhorn

Version Validated/certified on2 3 4 5
v1.2.3 Default settings of individual components
v1.1.3 Default settings of individual components

Partner Apps7 8

Rancher Continuous Delivery (Available in Cluster Explorer)

v0.3.5

APP VERSION2 3 4 5

Cluster Manager Tools 

Monitoring/Alerts/Notifiers

0.1.5 0.2.2

0.1.5

prometheus: v2.18.2
prometheus-operator: v0.38.1
prometheus-config-reloader: v0.38.1
prometheus-auth: v0.2.1
node-exporter: v1.0.1
kube-state-metrics: v1.9.7
configmap-reload: v0.3.0
grafana: v7.1.5

0.2.2

prometheus: v2.18.2
prometheus-operator: v0.39.0
prometheus-config-reloader:v0.39.0
prometheus-auth: v0.2.1
node-exporter: v1.0.1
kube-state-metrics: v1.9.7
configmap-reload: v0.3.0
grafana: v7.1.5

Istio Service Mesh

v1.5.901

istio-citadel: v1.5.9
istio-galley: v1.5.9
istio-proxyv2: v1.5.9
istio-pilot: v1.5.9
istio-mixer: v1.5.9
istio-sidecar_injector: v1.5.9
jaegertracing-all-in-one: v1.14
kiali-kiali: v1.17
istio-node-agent-k8s: v1.5.9
coredns-coredns: v1.6.9
prom-prometheus: v2.18.2
jetstack-cert-manager-controller: v0.8.1

TYPE

VERSION

VALIDATED/CERTIFIED ON2 3 4 5

Cluster Manager Catalog

Library

None

To the extent of being able to launch app with default configurations7


Partner

To the extent of being able to launch app with default configurations7 8


Experimental

N/A

TYPE

TAG

SLA APPLIES

† All “latest” tagged releases are intended for the Rancher community users to test-drive a new release and provide feedback. These “latest” tagged releases whilst covered by Rancher SLA are not generally meant for production use cases. Kindly use only the “stable” tagged releases for your own production use cases.

0 For open source components not listed in the matrix above, support is limited to troubleshooting for root cause up to Rancher’s drivers and interfaces to those components. Root causes that are identified to be beyond this limit will need to be pursued by Company with the maintainers and providers of commercial support for those components.

00 for ensuring best support and clarity on supportability, Company is recommended to publish to Rancher a list of components that are critical to its deployment but not not explicitly called out in the support matrix

1 certified on default OS kernel. Issues resulting from third party tools (typically, for reasons such as security) interfering with Docker or other necessary system calls are deemed resolved should disabling such tools restore functionality

2 certified configurations are based on default settings of individual components. Where Company has deviated from certified configurations, Rancher Labs reserves the right to recommend the Company to revert to a certified configuration to resolve the reported issue.

3 whilst running kubernetes clusters in uncertified configurations may be possible, it is not recommended

4 upgrade of any individual component to a different version is likely to result in system downtime

5 changes to default settings of individual components may be necessary on exceptional basis, for reasons such as fine tuning for performance and scale. Engagement with Rancher Consulting or a partner may be recommended.

6 SLA on node drivers is limited to those that are built-in and active by default when Rancher is installed

7 SLA does not apply to issues within an application and its lifecycle management

8 issues may be referred to the partner as appropriate

‡ SLA is limited to running workload clusters on hosted kubernetes provider and does not apply to running the Rancher control plane on one of the listed hosted kubernetes providers