diff --git a/.github/workflows/temp-test-k3s.yaml b/.github/workflows/temp-test-k3s.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11512e11dce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/temp-test-k3s.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+name: temp test
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - e2e-k3s
+
+env:
+  TEST_USERNAME: admin
+  TEST_PASSWORD: password
+  CATTLE_BOOTSTRAP_PASSWORD: password
+  TEST_BASE_URL: https://127.0.0.1:8005
+  API: https://127.0.0.1
+  TEST_PROJECT_ID: rancher-dashboard
+  CYPRESS_API_URL: http://139.59.134.103:1234/
+  TEST_RUN_ID: ${{github.run_number}}-${{github.run_attempt}}-${{github.event.pull_request.title || github.event.head_commit.message}}
+  # Build the dashboard to use in tests. When set to false it will grab `latest` from CDN (useful for running e2e tests quickly)
+  BUILD_DASHBOARD: false
+
+  E2E_BUILD_DIST_NAME: dist
+  E2E_BUILD_DIST_DIR: dist
+  E2E_BUILD_DIST_EMBER_NAME: dist_ember
+  E2E_BUILD_DIST_EMBER_DIR: dist_ember
+
+jobs:
+  # e2e-ui-build:
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   steps:
+  #    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+  #      with:
+  #       fetch-depth: 1
+  #    - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+  #      with:
+  #       node-version: '14.x'
+  #       cache: 'yarn'
+  #    - name: Install packages
+  #      run: yarn install:ci
+  #    - name: Build e2e
+  #      run: yarn e2e:build
+  #    - name: Upload e2e build
+  #      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+  #      with:
+  #       name: ${{ env.E2E_BUILD_DIST_NAME }}
+  #       path: ${{ env.E2E_BUILD_DIST_DIR }}/
+  #       if-no-files-found: error
+  #       retention-days: 10
+  #       compression-level: 9
+  #    - name: Upload e2e build ember
+  #      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+  #      with:
+  #       name: ${{ env.E2E_BUILD_DIST_EMBER_NAME }}
+  #       path: ${{ env.E2E_BUILD_DIST_EMBER_DIR }}/
+  #       if-no-files-found: error
+  #       retention-days: 10
+  #       compression-level: 9
+  test-k3s:
+    # needs: e2e-ui-build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 1
+    - name: Run Rancher
+      run: yarn e2e:k3s
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 66c65aa5240..46fc0c19766 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ jobs:
         if-no-files-found: error
         retention-days: 10
         compression-level: 9
+
   e2e-test:
     if: "!contains( github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ci/skip-e2e')"
     needs: e2e-ui-build
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ jobs:
          path: ${{ env.E2E_BUILD_DIST_EMBER_DIR }}
       
       - name: Run Rancher
-        run: yarn e2e:docker
+        run: yarn e2e:k3s
       
       - name: Setup Rancher and user
         run: |
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7de56430b96..b412d0c4b9f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     "e2e:pre-dev": "yarn docker:local:stop && yarn docker:local:start && NODE_ENV=dev TEST_INSTRUMENT=true yarn build",
     "e2e:dev": "START_SERVER_AND_TEST_INSECURE=1 server-test start:dev https-get://localhost:8005 cy:run:sorry",
     "e2e:build": "mkdir dist && TEST_INSTRUMENT=true ./scripts/build-e2e",
+    "e2e:k3s": "./scripts/e2e-k3s-start",
     "e2e:docker": "yarn docker:local:stop && ./scripts/e2e-docker-start ",
     "e2e:prod": "BUILD_DASHBOARD=$BUILD_DASHBOARD GREP_TAGS=$GREP_TAGS TEST_USERNAME=$TEST_USERNAME TEST_BASE_URL=https://127.0.0.1/dashboard yarn cy:run:sorry",
     "coverage": "npx nyc merge coverage coverage/coverage.json",
diff --git a/scripts/e2e-k3s-start b/scripts/e2e-k3s-start
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..6bf66c94cd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/e2e-k3s-start
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+K3S_VERSION=v1.28.8+k3s1
+
+# Image version
+# RANCHER_IMG_VERSION=v2.9-c9be13b09329bbee60a5f6419d500198f83c44d1-head
+RANCHER_IMG_VERSION=v2.9-head
+DASHBOARD_URL=127.0.0.1.sslip.io
+
+DIR=$(cd $(dirname $0)/..; pwd)
+
+# See `script/build-e2e`. This is the ui builds we wish to test
+DASHBOARD_DIST=${DIR}/dist
+EMBER_DIST=${DIR}/dist_ember
+
+echo "Installing k3s (with kubectl)....."
+curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | INSTALL_K3S_VERSION="$K3S_VERSION" sh -
+
+sudo k3s kubectl get nodes
+k3s kubectl get nodes
+kubectl get nodes
+
+
+# okay=0
+
+# while [ $okay -lt 20 ]; do
+#   STATUS=$(curl --silent --head -k http://localhost:8080/version | awk '/^HTTP/{print $2}')
+
+#   echo "Status: $STATUS (Try: $okay)"
+
+#   okay=$((okay+1))
+
+#   if [ "$STATUS" == "200" ]; then
+#     okay=100
+#   else
+#     sleep 5
+#   fi
+# done
+
+# if [ "$STATUS" != "200" ]; then
+#   echo "Dashboard did not become available in a reasonable time"
+#   exit 1
+# fi
+
+
+
+echo "Installing helm....."
+curl -fsSL -o get_helm.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-3
+chmod 700 get_helm.sh
+./get_helm.sh
+
+echo "Installing cert-manager....."
+kubectl apply -f https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.7.1/cert-manager.crds.yaml
+helm repo add jetstack https://charts.jetstack.io
+helm repo update
+helm install cert-manager jetstack/cert-manager \
+  --namespace cert-manager \
+  --create-namespace \
+  --version v1.7.1
+
+echo "Wait for cert manager to come up..... TODO: RC"
+kubectl get pods --namespace cert-manager
+
+echo "Setting up Rancher Repo....."
+helm repo add rancher-latest https://releases.rancher.com/server-charts/latest
+helm repo update
+
+# TODO: RC wire in host name to e2e tests
+
+echo "Installing Rancher....."
+kubectl create ns cattle-system
+helm install rancher rancher-latest/rancher \
+  --namespace cattle-system \
+  --set hostname=$DASHBOARD_URL \ 
+  --set replicas=1 \
+  --set 'extraEnv[0].name=CATTLE_AGENT_IMAGE' \
+  --set 'extraEnv[0].value=rancher/rancher:$RANCHER_IMG_VERSION' \
+  --set rancherImage=rancher/rancher \
+  --set rancherImageTag=$RANCHER_IMG_VERSION \
+  --set rancherImagePullPolicy=Always \
+  --set 'extraEnv[0].name=CATTLE_UI_OFFLINE_PREFERRED' \
+  --set 'extraEnv[0].value=true' \
+  --set 'extraEnv[0].name=CATTLE_BOOTSTRAP_PASSWORD' \
+  --set 'extraEnv[0].value=password' \
+  --set passwordMinLength=3 \
+
+echo "Waiting for Rancher to come up..."
+# Wait for Rancher to come up
+kubectl -n cattle-system rollout status deploy/rancher
+
+echo "Waiting for dashboard UI to be reachable (initial 20s wait) ..."
+
+sleep 20
+
+echo "Waiting for dashboard UI to be reachable ..."
+
+okay=0
+
+while [ $okay -lt 20 ]; do
+  STATUS=$(curl --silent --head -k $DASHBOARD_URL/dashboard/ | awk '/^HTTP/{print $2}')
+
+  echo "Status: $STATUS (Try: $okay)"
+
+  okay=$((okay+1))
+
+  if [ "$STATUS" == "200" ]; then
+    okay=100
+  else
+    sleep 5
+  fi
+done
+
+if [ "$STATUS" != "200" ]; then
+  echo "Dashboard did not become available in a reasonable time"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Updating UI within Rancher container"
+
+# Map latest build into Rancher TODO: RC
+POD_NAME=${kubectl get pods --selector=app=rancher -n cattle-system | tail -n 1 | cut -d ' ' -f1|tr '\n' ' '}
+echo "POD NAME: $POD_NAME"
+
+# Note - these will pick the first container within the pod, so replicas=1 above is imporatnt
+kubectl cp $DASHBOARD_DIST $POD_NAME:/usr/share/rancher/ui-dashboard/dashboard # TODO: RC probably copeis folder INTO target folder
+kubectl cp $EMBER_DIST $POD_NAME:/usr/share/rancher/ui # TODO: RC probably copeis folder INTO target folder
+  # -v ${DASHBOARD_DIST}:/usr/share/rancher/ui-dashboard/dashboard \
+  # -v ${EMBER_DIST}:/usr/share/rancher/ui \
+
+echo "Dashboard UI is ready"
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