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Core Kubernetes and Rancher Concepts: Build a strong foundation in Kubernetes, including containerized applications, and understand the evolution of Rancher Kubernetes distributions (RKE, RKE2, K3s) tuned for various use cases such as edge computing, IoT, and high-security environments. | |
RKE2 and K3s Deployments: Explore RKE2 and its key improvements, including containerd adoption, advanced security features, and compliance capabilities. Learn to deploy single-node and multi-node clusters using RKE2 and K3s for scalable and secure infrastructures. | |
Rancher Deployment Strategies: Evaluate centralized and decentralized deployment strategies for Rancher Manager. Explore hub-and-spoke and regional architectures, understanding their trade-offs, benefits, and best-use scenarios. | |
Drivers and Agents in Rancher: Gain insights into Rancher’s built-in cluster and node drivers for platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, and DigitalOcean. Understand the roles of Rancher agents, including Cattle Cluster Agent, Cattle Node Agent, and Rancher System Agent, in automating cluster operations and enabling advanced features. | |
Cluster Management in Rancher: Master centralized cluster management using Rancher Manager to orchestrate diverse environments. Understand the differences between imported, Rancher-launched, and cloud-managed clusters, and learn to integrate them into a unified platform. | |
Service and Workload Management: Deploy and manage Kubernetes applications and services using Rancher Manager. Leverage namespaces, deployments, health checks, Kubernetes services, and advanced networking features like network policies and LoadBalancer services. | |
Scaling and Autoscaling: Learn to optimize application performance and scalability using Kubernetes autoscalers. Configure and use Rancher Autoscaler for dynamic cluster scaling, and explore its integration with Horizontal and Vertical Pod Autoscalers. | |
Disaster Recovery and Backup: Master disaster recovery techniques using Rancher snapshots and automated backups. Explore strategies for integrating S3-compatible storage, encrypted backups, and restoring clusters effectively in failure scenarios. | |
Rancher Extensions and UI Customization: Enhance and customize the Rancher experience with built-in and external extensions. Learn to install, use, and build extensions to extend Rancher’s functionality. | |
GitOps and Fleet Management: Understand the principles of GitOps and Fleet’s role in automating Kubernetes deployments. Organize clusters and workloads efficiently using ClusterGroups and Workspaces, and implement best practices for synchronization, monitoring, and troubleshooting in GitOps workflows. |
Core Kubernetes and Rancher Concepts: Build a strong foundation in Kubernetes, including containerized applications, and understand the evolution of Rancher Kubernetes distributions (RKE, RKE2, K3s) tuned for various use cases such as edge computing, IoT, and high-security environments. | |
RKE2 and K3s Deployments: Explore RKE2 and its key improvements, including containerd adoption, advanced security features, and compliance capabilities. Learn to deploy single-node and multi-node clusters using RKE2 and K3s for scalable and secure infrastructures. | |
Rancher Deployment Strategies: Evaluate centralized and decentralized deployment strategies for Rancher Manager. Explore hub-and-spoke and regional architectures, understanding their trade-offs, benefits, and best-use scenarios. | |
Drivers and Agents in Rancher: Gain insights into Rancher’s built-in cluster and node drivers for platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, and DigitalOcean. Understand the roles of Rancher agents, including Cattle Cluster Agent, Cattle Node Agent, and Rancher System Agent, in automating cluster operations and enabling advanced features. | |
Cluster Management in Rancher: Master centralized cluster management using Rancher Manager to orchestrate diverse environments. Understand the differences between imported, Rancher-launched, and cloud-managed clusters, and learn to integrate them into a unified platform. | |
Service and Workload Management: Deploy and manage Kubernetes applications and services using Rancher Manager. Leverage namespaces, deployments, health checks, Kubernetes services, and advanced networking features like network policies and LoadBalancer services. | |
Scaling and Autoscaling: Learn to optimize application performance and scalability using Kubernetes autoscalers. Configure and use Rancher Autoscaler for dynamic cluster scaling, and explore its integration with Horizontal and Vertical Pod Autoscalers. | |
Disaster Recovery and Backup: Master disaster recovery techniques using Rancher snapshots and automated backups. Explore strategies for integrating S3-compatible storage, encrypted backups, and restoring clusters effectively in failure scenarios. | |
Rancher Extensions and UI Customization: Enhance and customize the Rancher experience with built-in and external extensions. Learn to install, use, and build extensions to extend Rancher’s functionality. | |
GitOps and Fleet Management: Understand the principles of GitOps and Fleet’s role in automating Kubernetes deployments. Organize clusters and workloads efficiently using ClusterGroups and Workspaces, and implement best practices for synchronization, monitoring, and troubleshooting in GitOps workflows. | |
Longhorn Storage Solution: Discover Longhorn as a cloud-native storage solution for Kubernetes. Learn to implement features like replication, disaster recovery, and multi-replica volumes, and gain hands-on experience integrating Longhorn with stateful applications. | |
NeuVector for Kubernetes Security: Explore NeuVector’s advanced security capabilities, including real-time threat detection, compliance automation, and dynamic policy enforcement. Learn to implement Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules, and automate responses. | |
The Best Practices for Managing Kubernetes Clusters: The best practices and strategies for using and managing this ecosystem are covered throughout all the chapters. |
Rancher and SUSE offer a powerful suite of tools to simplify Kubernetes management and help you fully realize the potential of containerized applications. However, not all users are aware of the full range of features and capabilities provided by this dynamic ecosystem. Online documentation can be overwhelming, sometimes outdated, and often lacks real-world and practical implementation examples. Filling this gap is the primary goal of this guide.
This guide provides clear, practical steps to deploy, secure, and scale Kubernetes environments, from lightweight edge clusters with K3s to robust w…
Rancher and SUSE offer a powerful suite of tools to simplify Kubernetes management and help you fully realize the potential of containerized applications. However, not all users are aware of the full range of features and capabilities provided by this dynamic ecosystem. Online documentation can be overwhelming, sometimes outdated, and often lacks real-world and practical implementation examples. Filling this gap is the primary goal of this guide.
This guide provides clear, practical steps to deploy, secure, and scale Kubernetes environments, from lightweight edge clusters with K3s to robust workloads with RKE2. You’ll explore tools like Rancher Manager, Fleet for GitOps, NeuVector for security, and Longhorn for distributed storage and gain the skills needed to address real-world challenges.
Designed to resonate with Kubernetes users of all levels, this guide will help you leverage this ecosystem confidently.
k3s 
Fleet 
Docker 
Rancher 
Traefik 
Kubectl 
Longhorn 
GNU/Linux 
NeuVector 
Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE) 
Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE2)
Aymen El Amri is a software and cloud-native engineer, trainer, author, and technopreneur with 15+ years of experience in building and scaling distributed systems, cloud architectures, and modern software delivery pipelines.
He founded FAUN.dev(), one of the web's most active developer communities focused on Kubernetes, cloud-native engineering, modern software delivery, and other related topics.
He has trained thousands of engineers on DevOps, SRE, Kubernetes, microservices, and cloud architectures, helping teams build reliable and scalable systems. His technical guides and courses are widely used by engineers and organizations looking to adopt cloud-native practices.
His work earned several honors, including a national open-source award. He also advises companies on shaping their cloud-native and platform engineering direction. TechBeacon listed him among the top 100 DevOps professionals to follow.
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