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Deep Dives

Background reading and narrower technical write-ups that support the Day 0-2 guides but don't belong in the step-by-step flow.

  • Product Overview — what each product in the stack is, why it's here, and links to further content (Harvester, Rancher Manager, NeuVector, StackState, SLE/SL-Micro, RKE2/K3s, Hauler, Harbor)
  • Air-gapped Kubernetes & Containers Quick Guide — mirroring images and Helm charts into Harbor, updating registry references, and the cutover checklist for the enclave environment
  • Harvester Load Balancer — how IP pools, listeners, and backend server selectors are set up for the Rancher Manager, Observability, and Apps clusters
  • Security Discussion — how attackers pivot against shell-less/distroless containers, and how NeuVector's Zero Trust behavioral baselining still catches it

See the source repo's DeepDive/ directory for the latest.