Rancher
Manage and orchestrate multiple Kubernetes clusters. Master Rancher to simplify multi-cluster management, implement consistent policies, and enable teams across your organization.
Overview
As organizations scale their Kubernetes adoption, managing multiple clusters across different environments becomes increasingly complex. Rancher provides a unified platform to deploy, manage, and secure Kubernetes clusters anywhere - from data centers to edge locations.
This course covers Rancher from installation to advanced multi-cluster management. You will learn to provision clusters across various infrastructure providers, implement centralized authentication and authorization, manage application deployments, and establish consistent policies across your Kubernetes estate. Through hands-on labs, you will gain practical experience with enterprise Rancher deployments.
Objectives
The main objectives of the Rancher course are:
- Understanding Rancher architecture and deployment options
- Installing and configuring Rancher for production environments
- Provisioning and managing Kubernetes clusters with RKE and RKE2
- Importing and managing existing Kubernetes clusters
- Implementing centralized authentication with LDAP, SAML, and OIDC
- Managing multi-cluster applications and workloads
- Implementing security policies and compliance across clusters
- Monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting with Rancher
Duration and Schedule
The standard course duration is 3 days, with 6 or 7 hours of teaching each day. Extended workshops can cover specific multi-cluster scenarios.
The scheduling per day:
- Day 1: Rancher fundamentals, installation, and cluster provisioning
- Day 2: Authentication, authorization, and multi-cluster management
- Day 3: Security, monitoring, troubleshooting, and hands-on workshop
Target Audience
This course is designed for professionals managing multiple Kubernetes environments:
- Platform Engineers - building and managing Kubernetes platforms
- DevOps Engineers - operating multi-cluster environments
- System Administrators - managing Kubernetes infrastructure
- IT Managers - evaluating multi-cluster management solutions
- Organizations - scaling Kubernetes adoption across teams
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Prerequisites
Here are the prerequisites for the Rancher course:
- Kubernetes experience: solid understanding of Kubernetes concepts and operations
- Linux administration: familiarity with Linux system administration
- Networking knowledge: understanding of network concepts and DNS
- Docker experience: familiarity with container concepts
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