Rancher

Kubernetes manager with many features

Comments: Monitoring/alerting, access via ssh easily into pods and the capability to add users and grant them to specific projects are the most powerful features for us. We still not found another tool who can replace it.

Pros:

We use Rancher to monitor and to manage K8S clusters provisioned with KOPS. The UI is really good and tasks, such as deploy/rollback deployment is very usefull. Many of the daily command you may use with kubectl are directly managed by the web interface. Furthermore integratoins with Helm and the management of help repository allow to easily deploy a lot of services with just some clicks.Enter via SSH into a pod is simple as a click on a button too. Last but not least, Rancher allows to set a lot of alert based on metrics and it can send notifications where you want. We use slack channel for example.

Cons:

A bad aspect is that Rancher creates a lots of RBAC rules/roles to manage projects and to allow itself to execute the UI commands.

Navigating the container world with Rancher

Comments: While a bit more hand-holding for absolute beginners would enhance the experience, Rancher is a commendable choice for those taking their first steps into the containerization realm.

Pros:

Rancher is a breath of fresh air for beginners entering the container world. The straightforward setup process and visual dashboard make container orchestration less daunting. I appreciate the "click-and-deploy" simplicity.

Cons:

Being new to containerization, the terminology can be overwhelming, and Rancher assumes some prior knowledge. It would be helpful if there were more tooltips or pop-up guides explaining basic concepts.

Helping My Monitoring

Pros:

As a product manager helping me the check status of my product through Rancher when if can not find engineering team at hand.

Cons:

Learning curve was a bit harsh as a non-technical product manager, could be a different and simple dashboard for monitoring

Rancher as Container Management Platform

Pros:

What I liked most was how quickly a Kubernets cluster can be created with rancher, which is started beforehand as a docker container on a docker host with the corresponding nodes.

Cons:

The commissioning with windows nodes and the further maintenance of the cluster with windows nodes is not so easy, but still administrable.

Overall the Best Kubernetes cluster manager and monitoring tool

Comments: Overall, I am happy with the rancher. It has improved cluster availability by a significant margin. I would suggest users give it a try if they are using Kubernetes.

Pros:

Rancher helps you to set up, manage and monitor Kubernetes cluster. It becomes very easy to track your Kubernetes nodes and debug any issue that occurs. It has one of the great UI for managing Kubernetes clusters.

Cons:

Overall it's best, but there is a scope for improvement in UI. Also, more features can be added to make it the best Kubernetes cluster manager.

Best free docker/kube orchestration

Comments: Consider as one of best docker orchestration

Pros:

Rancher is easy to use, excellent orchestration for dev and prod on local environment, integrated with most CICD platform, A+ grade security, and its free (open source version)

Cons:

I've experienced several failure on auto restart when service down (need to start manually, suspect on miss-config rather than product issue)

Best way to manage Kubernetes clusters!

Pros:

Unlike Docker, Rancher Desktop is a free and open source solution, which means I had the change to use it for free in my student days,

Cons:

I did not use it long enough to experience any problems.