Rancher configuration includes management server settings, authentication providers, and downstream cluster policies.
- Rancher server TLS/DNS endpoint settings
- Authentication and identity provider integration
- Global and project-level RBAC/policy
- Cluster templates and provisioning defaults
- Apply UI/API-managed settings directly in Rancher
- Restart Rancher container only when low-level runtime settings change
- Verify admin/UI access
- Confirm downstream cluster agents healthy
- Validate project role assignments and policy behavior