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Kubernetes the easy way.
What do you like best about the product?
I think Rancher is one of the simplest ways to get a production-ready Kubernetes Cluster up and running. When I remember right, only a few well-documented commands were necessary to set up the cluster and get it up and running. A few more Clicks and config entries in the Rancher GUI then enabled monitoring, logging (with an already setup Backend for the logging data), and a storage solution (longhorn).
A later run kube-hunter didn't show severe problems regarding the security, even though I mainly used standard entries.
The Rancher community and employees were also constructive in answering questions or providing how-tos (line for MetalLB), making implementing those solutions straightforward.
A later run kube-hunter didn't show severe problems regarding the security, even though I mainly used standard entries.
The Rancher community and employees were also constructive in answering questions or providing how-tos (line for MetalLB), making implementing those solutions straightforward.
What do you dislike about the product?
In a HA setup, the overhead on Nodes you need for the Clusters themselves is pretty high (assuming the use of RKE and etcd):
Three nodes for the Rancher Cluster
Five nodes for the downstream clusters (2 for the Control plane and 3 for etcd ) + x nodes for the workload
Other than that - Rancher makes me too spoiled and lazy to look for other add-ins and solutions that Rancher does not prepare ;)
Three nodes for the Rancher Cluster
Five nodes for the downstream clusters (2 for the Control plane and 3 for etcd ) + x nodes for the workload
Other than that - Rancher makes me too spoiled and lazy to look for other add-ins and solutions that Rancher does not prepare ;)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am running a complicated application using some available products and some self-written code in containers. Benefits were a stable and easy to setup/maintain infrastructure.
Fits everywhere!
What do you like best about the product?
Based on standards, no vendor lock-in, fits everywhere, manages everything and everywhere!
What do you dislike about the product?
I haven't found anything very critical yet! When multi-tenancy is in place, everything is pretty good!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
There were multiple Kubernetes platforms, no standard tool to manage them.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
There is a lot of demand for Rancher kind of solution. If your environment is "mixed" between private, hybrid, cloud, hyperscalers, etc. - then you should look especially Rancher!
Get in control of your container orchestration infrastructure
What do you like best about the product?
Comprehensive management capabilities across various use cases, ease of deployment, and straightforward to get to value quickly. Not that many tools out there that are useful when systematizing the Kubernetes-related management tasks. The platform, the tools and the community are great to work with and provide plenty of opportunities.
What do you dislike about the product?
More work on deployable apps still needed
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are managing and controlling Public Cloud Kubernetes deployments and systematizing on-premise Kubernetes management for our own infrastructure and customers.
If you want to start with Kubernetes, use Rancher
What do you like best about the product?
A good GUI to show what's going on. It helps you get started with Kubernetes, even when you don't have a large IT department.
What do you dislike about the product?
Not much. It's getting better every iteration.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We can do deployments much faster now. Also, the visibility of our deployments for (non-techie) teammates is much better.
A great container management platform for ages!
What do you like best about the product?
It's cross-cloud compatibility.
Its multi-host docker-compose support.
Its multi-host docker-compose support.
What do you dislike about the product?
A bit pricy support.
No ability to see, edit and manage CRDs from the GUI.
No ability to see, edit and manage CRDs from the GUI.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
With Rancher, I can connect to Containers, Manage Disks, Deploy Load Balancers.
We have about ~30 rancher-provisioned clusters, and it works nearly perfectly. The only issues we had were that of all our nodes; one node once got disconnected after a Kubernetes upgrade initiated by Rancher.
We have about ~30 rancher-provisioned clusters, and it works nearly perfectly. The only issues we had were that of all our nodes; one node once got disconnected after a Kubernetes upgrade initiated by Rancher.
Complexity made easy with flexibility built in
What do you like best about the product?
The fact that Rancher can be deployed in its most basic way in a matter of minutes and upgrading clusters is stable and working exceptionally well
What do you dislike about the product?
Lack of documentation regarding in-depth cluster configurations (namely, how to change or define the cluster networks and why single project networks are 255 IPs)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Large scale cluster management between private, public cloud, and bare metal
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Make sure you read up on rancher and test it.. testing it and getting familiar with it is a simple docker command and it really makes you want to work with it
Contain your containers with Rancher
What do you like best about the product?
* 100% open source
* Easy to install and use
* Not tied to any particular Kubernetes platform
* There seems to be a good community around Rancher offering support and training
I can see why SUSE bought the company and I'm looking forward to seeing how things develop, particularly with their Harvester product.
* Easy to install and use
* Not tied to any particular Kubernetes platform
* There seems to be a good community around Rancher offering support and training
I can see why SUSE bought the company and I'm looking forward to seeing how things develop, particularly with their Harvester product.
What do you dislike about the product?
It's still early days but nothing so far - hopefully that will continue.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I'm trying Rancher to help with running and managing a Kubernetes cluster.
Kubernetes should not be complicated: meet SUSE/Rancher
What do you like best about the product?
All the projects are thought with the end-user in mind. Be it Ops or Devs. Rancher, the project, is one of the best UIs to manage the often complex Kubernetes clusters.
At the same time, K3s has become by far one of the Kubernetes distributions the most used and loved by the community.
Last but not least, the SUSE Rancher employees are very knowledgeable and take time to listen to the customers.
At the same time, K3s has become by far one of the Kubernetes distributions the most used and loved by the community.
Last but not least, the SUSE Rancher employees are very knowledgeable and take time to listen to the customers.
What do you dislike about the product?
Right now, nothing in special. I'm really waiting on seeing what SUSE and Rancher can accomplish together and hoping that "corporate" does not kill the innovation both companies are known for.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The abstration the Rancher projects have, allows me to learn and demo Kubernetes in a very easier way.
K3s is also very tiny and fast, which allows me to test it on Edge cases (read: WSL, RasperyPi, Smaller cloud instances)
K3s is also very tiny and fast, which allows me to test it on Edge cases (read: WSL, RasperyPi, Smaller cloud instances)
A great tool to manage your k8s envs
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to manage multiple kubernetes clusters with one interface
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing so far, I haven't found any real thing yet
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
To have different kubernetes providers. Rancher provides me with the same UX for all my k8s envs
The Royal Road to Kubernetes
What do you like best about the product?
Rancher2 is many things. It is a GUI that can sit in front of your Kubernetes cluster, regardless if it was created by Rancher, RKE, kubeadm or whatever. It offers a curated lists of k8s, which allows for smooth upgrades in-place (if you've done it with kubeadm, you get what I mean). It allows for RBAC without needing to read a lot about it when you begin your k8s journey. It makes your life easier.
What do you dislike about the product?
I do not like it that the non-HA solution runs a k3s inside a container. It is essentially a black-box that if things go wrong, you cannot easily decide what to do next to salvage it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Fast deployment of bare-metal k8s clusters
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