# Rancher Server + Cluster on the same machine

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/rancher-server-cluster-on-the-same-machine/11386>\
**Category:** SUSE Rancher Prime\
**Created:** [August 7, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/rancher-server-cluster-on-the-same-machine/11386 "2018-08-07T21:57:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vitor\_Falcao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c0e974/32.png) [@Vitor\_Falcao](https://forums.suse.com/u/Vitor_Falcao)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/rancher-server-cluster-on-the-same-machine/11386/1 "2018-08-07T21:57:15Z")

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I would like to know if is possible having the rancher server and a cluster on the same machine (not isolating any of them with virtual machine or dind). If possible how could I do that? As far as I know it would have some conflicts with things like the node ports.

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**Author:** ![superseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/superseb/32/2424_2.png) [@superseb](https://forums.suse.com/u/superseb)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/rancher-server-cluster-on-the-same-machine/11386/2 "2018-08-08T14:05:47Z")

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It’s described here: [https://rancher.com/docs/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/single-node-install/#running-rancher-rancher-and-rancher-rancher-agent-on-the-same-node](https://rancher.com/docs/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/single-node-install/#running-rancher-rancher-and-rancher-rancher-agent-on-the-same-node)

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**Author:** ![RVN\_BR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/rvn_br/32/2842_2.png) [@RVN\_BR](https://forums.suse.com/u/RVN_BR)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/rancher-server-cluster-on-the-same-machine/11386/3 "2018-08-20T21:04:09Z")

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Can someone comment on why it is not recommended to use the same K8s cluster for Rancher as well as your workloads? In planning a cluster for our production, with all HA and best practices in mind, it boggles my mind that I’d need a separate “rancher k8s” cluster? What are the practical advantages to having separate clusters?