Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Management
Rancher is open-source software for delivering Kubernetes-as-a-Service.
Manage Kubernetes Everywhere with Rancher
Rancher is a complete software stack for teams adopting containers. It addresses the operational and security challenges of managing multiple Kubernetes clusters, while providing DevOps teams with integrated tools for running containerized workloads.
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One Platform for Everyone who uses Kubernetes
Multi-Cluster Management
Rancher was built to manage Kubernetes everywhere it runs. It can easily deploy new clusters from scratch, launch EKS, GKE and AKS clusters, or even import existing Kubernetes clusters.
Unified Operations
With Rancher, ops teams have the same control and management tools across dev, staging and production Kubernetes clusters.
Centralized Policy Management
Ensure container security is implemented consistently with centralized security policies that can be applied across every Kubernetes cluster managed by Rancher.
Authentication and RBAC
Rancher connects with Active Directory, LDAP and other authentication systems to ensure users only have the appropriate access to Kubernetes.
Intuitive Interface
Rancher gives users native access to the Kubernetes API and CLI, but also provides an intuitive UI for managing pods, ingress policies, storage, secrets and service discovery.
Integrated Tooling
DevOps teams can connect Rancher with existing tools, or choose to use integrated deployments of monitoring, logging, alerting and CI/CD.
More than 20,000 Teams Use Rancher Every Day to Innovate Faster
You don’t need to figure Kubernetes out all on your own. Rancher is open source software, with an enormous community of users.
Customer Stories
Rancher is used by thousands of users and organizations around the world. Read these stories from our customers and users from a variety of industries and at companies large and small and see what they have to say about real-world deployments using Rancher.
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America's #1 Live TV Streaming Service, Sling TV, Selects Rancher for a Push Notification Application Required to Run ~ 50K Transactions per Second
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Swiss Hospital Chain, EOC, Brings the First Rancher-based Service into Production in Less than a Month
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The Largest Railway Company in Europe, Deutsche Bahn, Creates and Manages Their Kubernetes Clusters with Rancher in a Matter of Weeks
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Illumina, the Leading Producer of DNA Sequencers, Implements Docker, Kubernetes, and Rancher to Support 300 Developers and 14 Production Deployments
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TNO, the Largest Public Research Organization in The Netherlands Uses Rancher to Manage Containers and Accelerate CI/CD
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Financial Broker, Cetera, Selects Rancher to Help Transform More Than 30 Legacy Applications to a Modern, Containerized Architecture
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110 year old steel company, Kloeckner.i Uses Rancher to Manage Container Migrations and Deployments
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Rancher Makes it Easier and Faster for Nuxeo Engineers to Deploy Their Application Stacks
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UK's Leading Hotel Reservation Website, LateRooms, Relies on Rancher to Build New Services and Migrate Their Data Centers
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IHME, a Global Health Research Center, Leverages Rancher to Eliminate Dozens of Deployment Bottlenecks
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Viasat Engineers Turn to Rancher to Monitor and Manage Their Kubernetes Clusters
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French e-commerce Company, Vente-privee, Reduces Production Deployment Time from Days to Seconds
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Arvato Adopts Microservices with Rancher and Decreases Server Costs
Deploy Rancher
Get started with Rancher in two easy steps
Step One: Prepare a Linux Host
Prepare a Linux host and install Docker onto it. Use any Linux flavor supported by Docker, and install a version of Docker supported by Kubernetes:
- 1.11.2 to 1.13.1
- 17.03.x
For instructions on how to install Docker, see the instructions on the Docker website.
Step Two: Start Rancher
Execute the following command to download and run the Rancher server:
$ sudo docker run -d --restart=unless-stopped -p 80:80 -p 443:443 rancher/rancher:latest
The server takes less than a minute to install and will be available at https://<server_ip>. Once the server is running, log in and follow the instructions.
Note: This command does not enable persistent storage for the server and should only be used in a test environment. To enable persistence, add -v /opt/rancher:/var/lib/rancher to the command to bind a host volume to the container.
Learn more by heading to the Getting Started Guide
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