Rancher K8s Cluster on VMware vSphere

Prerequisites

Configure the Network Protocol Profile on the vCenter according to: https://www.virtualthoughts.co.uk/2020/03/29/rancher-vsphere-network-protocol-profiles-and-static-ip-addresses-for-k8s-nodes/
Ensure to create a service user with the regarding global and folder specific permissions: https://rancher.com/docs/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/node-pools/vsphere/provisioning-vsphere-clusters/creating-credentials/
- Beside the vCenter role permissions from the official Rancher documentation, the following ones need to be provided in order to configure the Nodes via vApp options:
  - Content Library: Read storage
  - Extension: Register extension
vSphere Tagging: Assign or Unassign vSphere Tag on Object