diff --git a/pipelines/e2e/scripts/longhorn-setup.sh b/pipelines/e2e/scripts/longhorn-setup.sh
index 4e78acf4a2..6ba523310d 100755
--- a/pipelines/e2e/scripts/longhorn-setup.sh
+++ b/pipelines/e2e/scripts/longhorn-setup.sh
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ main(){
   install_backupstores
   install_csi_snapshotter
 
-  # msg="failed to get package manager" error="operating systems (amzn, sl-micro) are not supported"
+  # msg="failed to get package manager" error="operating systems amzn are not supported"
   if [[ "${TF_VAR_k8s_distro_name}" != "eks" ]] && \
-    [[ "${DISTRO}" != "sle-micro" ]] && [[ "${DISTRO}" != "talos" ]]; then
+    [[ "${DISTRO}" != "talos" ]]; then
     longhornctl_check
   fi
 
diff --git a/test_framework/scripts/longhorn-setup.sh b/test_framework/scripts/longhorn-setup.sh
index 3e60d65606..d4dc98b4b4 100755
--- a/test_framework/scripts/longhorn-setup.sh
+++ b/test_framework/scripts/longhorn-setup.sh
@@ -523,9 +523,9 @@ main(){
     enable_mtls
   fi
 
-  # msg="failed to get package manager" error="operating systems (amzn, sl-micro) are not supported"
+  # msg="failed to get package manager" error="operating systems amzn are not supported"
   if [[ "${TF_VAR_k8s_distro_name}" != "eks" ]] && \
-    [[ "${DISTRO}" != "sle-micro" ]] && [[ "${DISTRO}" != "talos" ]]; then
+    [[ "${DISTRO}" != "talos" ]]; then
     longhornctl_check
   fi
 
diff --git a/test_framework/terraform/harvester/sle-micro/main.tf b/test_framework/terraform/harvester/sle-micro/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2125617bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_framework/terraform/harvester/sle-micro/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+terraform {
+  required_providers {
+    rancher2 = {
+      source  = "rancher/rancher2"
+      version = "~> 4.4.0"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+provider "rancher2" {
+  api_url   = var.lab_url
+  insecure  = true
+  access_key = var.lab_access_key
+  secret_key = var.lab_secret_key
+}
+
+resource "random_string" "random_suffix" {
+  length           = 8
+  special          = false
+  lower            = true
+  upper            = false
+}
+
+data "rancher2_cluster_v2" "hal-cluster" {
+  name = "hal"
+}
+
+resource "rancher2_cloud_credential" "e2e-credential" {
+  name = "e2e-credential-${random_string.random_suffix.id}"
+  harvester_credential_config {
+    cluster_id = data.rancher2_cluster_v2.hal-cluster.cluster_v1_id
+    cluster_type = "imported"
+    kubeconfig_content = data.rancher2_cluster_v2.hal-cluster.kube_config
+  }
+}
+
+resource "rancher2_machine_config_v2" "e2e-machine-config-controlplane" {
+
+  generate_name = "e2e-machine-config-controlplane-${random_string.random_suffix.id}"
+
+  harvester_config {
+
+    vm_namespace = "longhorn-qa"
+
+    cpu_count = "4"
+    memory_size = "8"
+
+    disk_info = <<EOF
+    {
+        "disks": [{
+            "imageName": "longhorn-qa/image-6rgfq",
+            "size": 100,
+            "bootOrder": 1
+        }]
+    }
+    EOF
+
+    network_info = <<EOF
+    {
+        "interfaces": [{
+            "networkName": "longhorn-qa/vlan104"
+        }]
+    }
+    EOF
+
+    ssh_user = "sles"
+
+    user_data = <<EOF
+#cloud-config
+ssh_authorized_keys:
+  - >-
+    ${file(var.ssh_public_key_file_path)}
+runcmd:
+  - - systemctl
+    - enable
+    - '--now'
+    - qemu-guest-agent.service
+EOF
+  }
+}
+
+resource "rancher2_machine_config_v2" "e2e-machine-config-worker" {
+
+  generate_name = "e2e-machine-config-worker-${random_string.random_suffix.id}"
+
+  harvester_config {
+
+    vm_namespace = "longhorn-qa"
+
+    cpu_count = "4"
+    memory_size = "8"
+
+    disk_info = <<EOF
+    {
+        "disks": [{
+            "imageName": "longhorn-qa/image-6rgfq",
+            "size": 100,
+            "bootOrder": 1
+        },
+        {
+            "storageClassName": "harvester-longhorn",
+            "size": 100,
+            "bootOrder": 2
+        }]
+    }
+    EOF
+
+    network_info = <<EOF
+    {
+        "interfaces": [{
+            "networkName": "longhorn-qa/vlan104"
+        }]
+    }
+    EOF
+
+    ssh_user = "sles"
+
+    user_data = <<EOF
+#cloud-config
+ssh_authorized_keys:
+  - >-
+    ${file(var.ssh_public_key_file_path)}
+runcmd:
+  - transactional-update register -r ${var.registration_code}
+  - transactional-update pkg install -y qemu-guest-agent iptables open-iscsi nfs-client cryptsetup device-mapper
+  - - systemctl
+    - enable
+    - '--now'
+    - qemu-guest-agent.service
+  - modprobe uio
+  - modprobe uio_pci_generic
+  - modprobe vfio_pci
+  - modprobe nvme-tcp
+  - modprobe dm_crypt
+  - touch /etc/modules-load.d/modules.conf
+  - echo uio >> /etc/modules-load.d/modules.conf
+  - echo uio_pci_generic >> /etc/modules-load.d/modules.conf
+  - echo vfio_pci >> /etc/modules-load.d/modules.conf
+  - echo nvme-tcp >> /etc/modules-load.d/modules.conf
+  - echo dm_crypt >> /etc/modules-load.d/modules.conf
+  - echo 1024 > /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages
+  - echo "vm.nr_hugepages=1024" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
+  - touch /usr/local/bin/cron-reboot.sh
+  - chmod +x /usr/local/bin/cron-reboot.sh
+  - echo systemctl enable iscsid >> /usr/local/bin/cron-reboot.sh
+  - echo systemctl start iscsid >> /usr/local/bin/cron-reboot.sh
+  - echo "@reboot root /usr/local/bin/cron-reboot.sh" >> /etc/crontab
+  - shutdown -r +5
+EOF
+  }
+}
+
+resource "rancher2_cluster_v2" "e2e-cluster" {
+
+  name = "e2e-cluster-${random_string.random_suffix.id}"
+
+  kubernetes_version = var.k8s_distro_version
+
+  rke_config {
+    machine_pools {
+      name = "control-plane-pool"
+      cloud_credential_secret_name = rancher2_cloud_credential.e2e-credential.id
+      control_plane_role = true
+      etcd_role = true
+      worker_role = false
+      quantity = 1
+      machine_config {
+        kind = rancher2_machine_config_v2.e2e-machine-config-controlplane.kind
+        name = rancher2_machine_config_v2.e2e-machine-config-controlplane.name
+      }
+    }
+    machine_pools {
+      name = "worker-pool"
+      cloud_credential_secret_name = rancher2_cloud_credential.e2e-credential.id
+      control_plane_role = false
+      etcd_role = false
+      worker_role = true
+      quantity = 3
+      machine_config {
+        kind = rancher2_machine_config_v2.e2e-machine-config-worker.kind
+        name = rancher2_machine_config_v2.e2e-machine-config-worker.name
+      }
+    }
+    machine_selector_config {
+      config = <<EOF
+        cloud-provider-name: ""
+EOF
+    }
+    machine_global_config = <<EOF
+cni: "calico"
+disable-kube-proxy: false
+etcd-expose-metrics: false
+EOF
+    upgrade_strategy {
+      control_plane_concurrency = "10%"
+      worker_concurrency = "10%"
+    }
+    etcd {
+      snapshot_schedule_cron = "0 */5 * * *"
+      snapshot_retention = 5
+    }
+    chart_values = ""
+  }
+}
+
+output "kube_config" {
+  value = rancher2_cluster_v2.e2e-cluster.kube_config
+  sensitive = true
+}
+
+output "cluster_id" {
+  value = data.rancher2_cluster_v2.hal-cluster.cluster_v1_id
+}
diff --git a/test_framework/terraform/harvester/sle-micro/variables.tf b/test_framework/terraform/harvester/sle-micro/variables.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e59a0cb969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_framework/terraform/harvester/sle-micro/variables.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+variable "lab_url" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "LAB URL"
+  sensitive   = true
+}
+
+variable "lab_access_key" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "LAB ACCESS_KEY"
+  sensitive   = true
+}
+
+variable "lab_secret_key" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "LAB SECRET_KEY"
+  sensitive   = true
+}
+
+variable "ssh_public_key_file_path" {
+  type        = string
+  default     = "~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"
+}
+
+variable "arch" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "available values (amd64, arm64)"
+  default     = "amd64"
+}
+
+variable "os_distro_version" {
+  type        = string
+  default     = "6.0"
+}
+
+variable "k8s_distro_name" {
+  type        = string
+  default     = "rke2"
+  description = "kubernetes distro version to install [rke2, k3s]  (default: rke2)"
+}
+
+variable "k8s_distro_version" {
+  type        = string
+  default     = "v1.28.14+rke2r1"
+  description = <<-EOT
+    kubernetes version that will be deployed
+    k3s: (default: v1.28.14+k3s1)
+    rke2: (default: v1.28.14+rke2r1)
+  EOT
+}
+
+variable "registration_code" {
+  type    = string
+  sensitive   = true
+}