Kubernetes Management with Rancher

Characteristics

Rancher is an open-source PaaS platform for managing Kubernetes on any infrastructure. This instructor-led live course provides participants with an overview of Rancher and demonstrates through hands-on exercises how to deploy and manage a Kubernetes cluster using Rancher.

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure Rancher.
• Launch a Kubernetes cluster using RKE (Rancher Kubernetes Engine).
• Manage multiple Kubernetes clusters in the cloud, avoiding vendor lock-in.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters using a selected operating system and container engine.

Course format

Lecture part, discussion part, intensive hands-on exercises

Requirements

• Experience with Kubernetes.
• Experience with distributed applications.
• General understanding of infrastructure and software deployment.

Audience

• Software engineers
• System administrators
• DevOps engineers

Introduction

Rancher vs OpenShift

Installing and Configuring Rancher

Understanding Rancher Kubernetes Distributions

Launching Rancher Server

Adding Hosts

Launching Infrastructure Services

Creating a Container via User Interface

Creating a Container via Docker Command Line

Creating a Multi-container Application

Networking Between Containers

Service Discovery

Container Load Balancing

Launching Kubernetes with RKE (Rancher Kubernetes Engine)

Administering Kubernetes with Rancher

Managing Kubernetes Workloads

Health Monitoring

Backup and Recovery

Working with Catalogs

Working with Rancher API (optional)

Summary and Conclusion