Update VIP picture and IP address requirements

Signed-off-by: Jian Wang <[email protected]>

docs/install/management-address.md

@@ -13,12 +13,18 @@ Description: The Harvester provides a virtual IP as the management address.
 
 Harvester provides a fixed virtual IP (VIP) as the management address, VIP must be different from any Node IP.  You can find the management address on the console dashboard after the installation.
 
+The VIP is configured while the **first Node** of the cluster is installed.
+
+e.g. ![Configure the VIP mode and IP address in ISO Installation](/img/v1.2/install/config-virtual-ip.png)
+
 :::note
 
 If you selected the IP address to be configured via DHCP, you will need to configure static MAC-to-IP address mapping on your DHCP server in order to have a persistent Virtual IP
 
 :::
 
+After the Node starts successfully, both of the VIP and Node IP are shown on the console.
+
 ![](/img/v1.2/install/iso-installed.png)
 
 ## How to get the VIP MAC address
@@ -38,4 +44,12 @@ The management address:
 
 - Allows the access to the Harvester API/UI via `HTTPS` protocol.
 - Allows other nodes to join the cluster.
-  ![](/img/v1.2/install/configure-management-address.png)
+  ![](/img/v1.2/install/config-virtual-ip.png)
+
+:::note
+
+After the first Node of the Harvester cluster is installed, user may configure the [ssl-certificates](../advanced/settings.md#ssl-certificates), then the cluster can be accessed via VIP and FQDN.
+
+The following installed Node can also join the cluster by both VIP and FQDN. When using FQDN, please note a known issue [Unable to join the new node](https://github.com/harvester/harvester/issues/4511) and workaround: https://github.com/harvester/harvester/issues/4511#issuecomment-1761047115
+
+:::

docs/install/requirements.md

@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ A three-node cluster is required to realize the multi-node features of Harvester
 
 Harvester nodes have the following network requirements for installation.
 
+### IP Address Requirements for Harvester Nodes
+
+Harvester is built on top of Kubernetes, and each node needs an independent IP address. Harvester uses this IP address to identify a node identity, and it cannot change during the lifecycle of a Harvester cluster.
+
+### IP Address Requirements for Harvester Cluster
+
+The Harvester cluster needs an additional IP address called Virtual IP (VIP). It uses it as the management IP for the whole cluster.
+
+Please refer to [Management Address](./management-address.md) for more details.
+
 ### Port Requirements for Harvester Nodes
 
 Harvester nodes require the following port connections or inbound rules. Typically, all outbound traffic is allowed.

versioned_docs/version-v1.2/install/management-address.md

@@ -13,12 +13,18 @@ Description: The Harvester provides a virtual IP as the management address.
 
 Harvester provides a fixed virtual IP (VIP) as the management address, VIP must be different from any Node IP.  You can find the management address on the console dashboard after the installation.
 
+The VIP is configured while the **first Node** of the cluster is installed.
+
+e.g. ![Configure the VIP mode and IP address in ISO Installation](/img/v1.2/install/config-virtual-ip.png)
+
 :::note
 
 If you selected the IP address to be configured via DHCP, you will need to configure static MAC-to-IP address mapping on your DHCP server in order to have a persistent Virtual IP
 
 :::
 
+After the Node starts successfully, both of the VIP and Node IP are shown on the console.
+
 ![](/img/v1.2/install/iso-installed.png)
 
 ## How to get the VIP MAC address
@@ -34,8 +40,17 @@ Example of output:
 ```
 
 ## Usages
+
 The management address:
 
 - Allows the access to the Harvester API/UI via `HTTPS` protocol.
 - Allows other nodes to join the cluster.
   ![](/img/v1.2/install/configure-management-address.png)
+
+:::note
+
+After the first Node of the Harvester cluster is installed, user may configure the [ssl-certificates](../advanced/settings.md#ssl-certificates), then the cluster can be accessed via VIP and FQDN.
+
+The following installed Node can also join the cluster by both VIP and FQDN. When using FQDN, please note a known issue [Unable to join the new node](https://github.com/harvester/harvester/issues/4511) and workaround: https://github.com/harvester/harvester/issues/4511#issuecomment-1761047115
+
+:::

versioned_docs/version-v1.2/install/requirements.md

@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ A three-node cluster is required to realize the multi-node features of Harvester
 
 Harvester nodes have the following network requirements for installation.
 
+### IP Address Requirements for Harvester Nodes
+
+Harvester is built on top of Kubernetes, and each node needs an independent IP address. Harvester uses this IP address to identify a node identity, and it cannot change during the lifecycle of a Harvester cluster.
+
+### IP Address Requirements for Harvester Cluster
+
+The Harvester cluster needs an additional IP address called Virtual IP (VIP). It uses it as the management IP for the whole cluster.
+
+Please refer to [Management Address](./management-address.md) for more details.
+
 ### Port Requirements for Harvester Nodes
 
 Harvester nodes require the following port connections or inbound rules. Typically, all outbound traffic is allowed.