Rancher Extension User’s Guide

Deploying the CloudCasa Agent on a Selected Cluster

To extend CloudCasa’s protection and management to a specific cluster:

Initiate Deployment:

  • Locate the desired cluster from the list.

  • Click the Install button found on that cluster’s row. This triggers the deployment process for the CloudCasa agent on the selected cluster.

Monitoring the Process:

  • Wait for the installation process to complete. The interface will show an “Installing…” status message to let you know when the agent is fully deployed.

Viewing Detailed Cluster Protection Information

Once the CloudCasa agent has been successfully installed:

Access Detailed Information:

  • Click the View Details button associated with the cluster where you just installed the agent.

Dashboard Insights:

  • You will be directed to a detailed dashboard specific to that cluster. This screen provides comprehensive information about the protection status, backup configurations, and overall health of your data protection setup.

  • What to Look For: Key metrics and status indicators that ensure your clusters are being actively monitored and safeguarded by CloudCasa.

  • The CloudCasa Cluster Dashboard link will open up a new window with the cluster’s dashboard in CloudCasa WebUI

  • The refresh data button allows you to refresh dashboard information on demand

Running jobs with the CloudCasa Rancher Extension

Once you have created a backup job definition in CloudCasa web UI, you can run it from Rancher.

Interacting with a CloudCasa job from the Rancher UI:

  • Find the Job definition you want to interact with.

  • Click the Actions dropdown button and choose to Start or Pause the job

  • Selecting the Restore or Edit option will open a new window with the CloudCasa WebUI section allowing you to complete the requested operation

  • Finally click Refresh Data button to pull the latest data from CloudCasa and update the UI

Information: As of v1.0.0 (March 2025), more advanced operations and configurations must be performed in the CloudCasa UI. Future versions of the extension will bring more CloudCasa features directly to the Rancher UI.