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Why Rancher?
Why Rancher?
How Rancher makes container adoption simple.
Use cases
How we are different than our competitors.
Our Difference
Learn about our support offerings for Rancher.
Our Platform
Overview of Rancher Prime
Cloud-Native Infrastructure
Manage your entire cloud-native stack with Rancher Prime, covering OS, storage, VMs, containers, and more — on one platform.
Security & Performance
Secure your Kubernetes with Rancher Prime with zero-trust full lifecycle container management, advanced policy management and insights.
Application Development
Improve developer productivity with Rancher Prime. Optimize workflows for better reliability across container-based applications.
Kubernetes Distributions
Establish your Kubernetes environment on Rancher’s certified and secure distributions, ideal for sensitive and edge workloads.
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Rancher Support
Learn more about Rancher Prime support and access free support tools.
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Submit a support case in SUSE Customer Center.
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Foundational knowledge to get you started with Kubernetes.
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Certified Administrator course for Rancher.
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The RKE1 docs will be moving from the Rancher docs website to a separate website. We will update the community with the new site information after it is launched.
RKE
RKE
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RKE Kubernetes Installation
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External etcd
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