Rancher is designed to run as a containerized application, which makes it incredibly portable. By packaging the entire management server into a Docker image, the Rancher team ensures that you can spin up a management console on any Linux host with Docker installed in minutes.
Maps host ports to the container for web access.
Sufficient disk space (at least 5-10GB for the image and logs). Stable internet connection to reach Docker Hub. How to Download the Rancher Docker Image