Simplify multi cluster management with Rancher
Multi-cluster and multi-cloud management with Rancher Managed Service
Building new cloud-native apps means choosing the right cloud providers for Kubernetes clusters. You need to factor in service usage, critical business service support, workload distribution, and security.
Context
In a competitive market where speed and scalability are crucial, Managed Rancher Service (MRS) enables DevOps teams to leverage Kubernetes for centralised multi-cloud cluster management.
MRS makes deploying software easier through continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) and advanced deployments (Canary and Blue/Green), and provides greater control with features such as automatic scaling, responsive DNS, and load balancing. It also offers integrated management of SSL certificates, confidential data, and security policies, which ensures continuous container protection.
Rancher helps you manage multi-environment infrastructure and deploy secure, reliable modern applications.
Challenges
Managed Rancher Service, the OVHcloud solution for managing your clusters
Deploy in any location
Teams can install and monitor Kubernetes clusters in any environment—on-premises, in the cloud, or hybrid—thanks to MRS. This flexibility lets you deploy workloads based on performance, security, and location needs. Rancher also simplifies individual cluster management via a centralised interface, providing a unified view of all deployed infrastructures.
Ensure high portability
Managed Rancher Service’s full portability means you can deploy, run, and manage Kubernetes clusters on any cloud, hardware, or environments (development, staging, production). This multi-environment compatibility gives teams full control over their assets. Teams can easily migrate or upgrade applications/infrastructure, and limit vendor dependency, while ensuring business continuity.
Ensure strict security management
By enabling RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) and access control for each Kubernetes cluster, your teams can streamline security management via MRS. They can also define and apply uniform security policies across all clusters, which helps to minimise errors and overload. Rancher simplifies access management for admins, which in turn strengthens overall infrastructure security.
Benefits
Easily manage your enterprise-grade Kubernetes clusters with Managed Rancher Service: provision, upgrade, and manage users and policies in one place.
Full compatibility with providers
MRS ensures compatibility with top global cloud providers, and provides admins with a unified interface to easily manage clusters. With a single interface, they can import, set up, upgrade, configure, and secure clusters from different providers and on-premises platforms, for simpler management and higher productivity.
IT management
Rancher allows IT Ops teams to manage a few to a large number of Kubernetes clusters, from a single console. This central admin feature handles large-scale deployments, without added complexity. It is ideal for large enterprise needs as it lightens container workloads and improves configuration consistency.
Unified security governance
By using MRS, admins can work with security teams to enforce consistent security policies across Kubernetes clusters. What’s more, they can clearly outline how users will interact with clusters and predict how containerised workloads will behave. This consistent security approach strengthens application security across all clusters, and mitigates risks related to non-compliant practices.
