Rancher

Rancher is an open-source container management platform developed for organizations running containers in production environments. It aims to facilitate the installation and management of Kubernetes clusters through a central structure.

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rancher · Containers & Kubernetes

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VERSIONwindows-agent-v0.2.0-rc2
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kubernetescluster-managementrancherEnterpriseApache-2.0

Common commercial products in this category: Docker Desktop, Red Hat OpenShift, Amazon EKS

What can it do?
  • You can start the installation of Rancher with a single command via Docker.
  • You can manage Kubernetes cluster according to the supported operating system and hardware requirements.
  • You manage multiple Kubernetes clusters from one center and regulate access powers.
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  • • High number of open issues (3,409)
User reviews
  • • NeutralHacker News

    Rancher Desktop, a Docker Desktop Replacement

    “Or even small. At work, I advised that we just pay for Docker Desktop. We got it for free for a long time. Our reason for not paying is that we're an Artifactory shop, so their Docker Enterprise offering wasn't really attractive to us. But we're easily getting $5/dev/mo worth of…”

  • • NeutralHacker News

    Rancher Desktop, a Docker Desktop Replacement

    “There is absolutely nothing wrong or illegal with companies offering new additional products. You're not cornered when you can freely choose to buy the enterprise product depending on whether you get any value from it or stick with the open-source version which remains available…”

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