In 1st part of this series, we will learn basic concepts of Rancher, and then we will create “Rancher server” using terraform file, also we will learn doing with manuel installation it too. Finally, we will deploy Rancher into cluster in Rancher server and examine the created cluster structure. We will do it all step by step.

In 2nd part of this article: “Deploying microservices java application to the cluster created with Rancher using Helm”.

Nelmis emerging as a promising alternative to Helm. It is a part of a bigger CNCF project calledwerf, which aims to improve your Kubernetes-based CI/CD. Being backward-compatible with Helm, Nelm comes with significant improvements and new features that pull your deployment experience ahead. Learn m..

werf is a CLI tool for CI/CD created in 2016 and a CNCF Sandbox project since 2022. It implements opinionated CI/CD in Kubernetes with your favourite CI system. Starting from werf v2, it uses Nelm instead of Helm to deploy container images.