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FAQ

This FAQ is a work in progress designed to answer the questions our users most frequently ask about Harvester.

  1. How can I ssh login to the Harvester node? 

    $ ssh [email protected]

  2. What is the default login username and password of the Harvester dashboard? 

    username: admin
password: # you will be promoted to set the default password when logging in for the first time

  3. How can I access the kubeconfig file of the Harvester cluster? 

    # You can either download the kubeconfig file from the Harvester 
# dashboard or access it via one of the Harvester management nodes. E.g.,
$ cat /etc/rancher/rke2/rke2.yaml
    harvester-kubeconfig.png

  4. How do I access the embedded Rancher dashboard?

    Please refer to the troubleshooting section.

  5. How to install the qemu-guest-agent of a running VM. 

    # cloud-init will only be executed once, reboot it after add the cloud-init config with the following command.
$ cloud-init clean --logs --reboot
    https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/cli.html#clean