What is Rancher?
Rancher is an open source container management platform that includes full distributions of Kubernetes, Apache Mesos and Docker Swarm, and makes it simple to operate container clusters on any cloud or infrastructure platform.
Rancher is a tool in the Container Tools category of a tech stack.
Rancher is an open source tool with GitHub stars and GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Rancher's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Rancher?
Companies
198 companies reportedly use Rancher in their tech stacks, including trivago, Alibaba Travels, and Oxylabs.
Developers
738 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Rancher.
Rancher Integrations
GitHub, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and Amazon EC2 are some of the popular tools that integrate with Rancher. Here's a list of all 37 tools that integrate with Rancher.
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Decisions about Rancher
Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Rancher in their tech stack.
Karima FATHI
Hi, I would like to ask if anyone has experience with these platforms in terms of pricing. Is there a limit of vCPUs for each node since you are billed based on the number of nodes with Rancher?
Usama Bin Zahid
I have set up a k8s cluster using rke below Ranchers. I need some suggestions regarding the usability of Rancher in terms of pros and cons, why consider using ranchers as of its use case, and when to move from ranchers to simple k8s cluster
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Rancher's Features
- Manage Hosts, Deploy Containers, Monitor Resources
- User Management & Collaboration
- Native Docker APIs & Tools
- Monitoring and Logging
- Connect Containers, Manage Disks, Deploy Load Balancers
- Docker App Catalog
- Included Kubernetes Distribution
- Included Docker Swarm Distribution
- Included Mesos Distribution
- Infrastructure Management
Rancher Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Rancher?
Kubernetes
Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers. It handles scheduling onto nodes in a compute cluster and actively manages workloads to ensure that their state matches the users declared intentions.
DC/OS
Unlike traditional operating systems, DC/OS spans multiple machines within a network, aggregating their resources to maximize utilization by distributed applications.
Portainer
It is a universal container management tool. It works with Kubernetes, Docker, Docker Swarm and Azure ACI. It allows you to manage containers without needing to know platform-specific code.
Docker
The Docker Platform is the industry-leading container platform for continuous, high-velocity innovation, enabling organizations to seamlessly build and share any application — from legacy to what comes next — and securely run them anywhere
Helm
Helm is the best way to find, share, and use software built for Kubernetes.
