APRIL 2022 ## SUSE Rancher MSP Use Cases & Enablement Managed Services Providers ## Agenda 1. Company Snapshot • Powering Innovation With Leadership in Linux & Kubernetes • Market Facts • Target Market • Key Benefits of SUSE Rancher for MSPs • Program Benefits for MSPs • Success Stories 2. SUSE Rancher Use Cases • SUSE Rancher Service Models • SUSE Rancher Solution Stacks • Other Service Service Examples 3. Next Steps ## SUSE – COMPANY SNAPSHOT ## SUSE solutions are powering thousands of enterprise customers' mission-critical workloads, including electronic banking systems and enterprise

# SUSE Rancher and RKE Kubernetes cluster using CSI Driver on DELL EMC PowerFlex September 2021 H18899 White Paper ## Abstract This white paper describes the deployment of a SUSE Rancher Kubernetes overview .....7 SUSE Rancher for Kubernetes .....9 How SUSE Rancher delivers production-grade Kubernetes at scale: .....10 Solution architecture .....11 Installation of the SUSE Rancher Kubernetes cluster Container Storage Interface driver .....25 Steps to install CSI drives for PowerFlex .....26 Rancher Kubernetes Cluster Data Protection using PowerProtect Data Manager .....29 Conclusion .....43

# Kubernetes平台比較：Red Hat OpenShift、SUSE Rancher及Canonical Kubernetes # 如何為貴企業選擇合適的Kubernetes發行版本 2022年7月 ## 執行摘要 採用容器優先方法的企業，將能享有無可比擬的機會，協助提升效率及資源使用率、加強安全性、導入自動化及加速創新；因此Gartner預測將有75%的全球組織，在2022年之 本白皮書的目標是因應這項挑戰，提供撰寫本文時Kubernetes版圖的當下狀態並比較三種企業級的Kubernetes發行版本，分別是Canonical Kubernetes、Red Hat OpenShift及SUSE Rancher，範圍涵蓋19項關鍵功能，並於報告最後以表格提供總結分數。Canonical Kubernetes證明成為最具彈性、優勢及成本效益的發行版本。 # 企業Kubernetes的關鍵考量因素 應性、可預測性及互通性，此外也能避免受到廠商限制，並可提供彈性，依據功能和需求的演進發展改用替代解決方案。 Canonical Kubernetes、Red Hat Openshift及SUSE Rancher都已獲得CNCF認證。 ### 2. 生命週期作業 開始踏上Kubernetes的旅程時，如果沒有思考要如何長期維護叢集，很容易就會在開發和部署期間遭遇困難。許多以Kubernetes

# Rancher Hardening Guide #### Rancher v2.1.x Version: 0.1.0 - November 26th 2018 ## Overview This document provides prescriptive guidance for hardening a production installation of Rancher v2.1.x address CIS-Kubernetes benchmark controls. • Rancher CIS-Kubernetes self assessment using RKE This document has been created by the Engineering team at Rancher Labs. Profile Definitions The following profile utility or performance of the technology ## Authors Jason Greathouse Bill Maxwell ### 1.1 - Rancher HA Kubernetes cluster host configuration 1.1.1 - Configure default sysctl settings on all hosts

# Deploying and Scaling Kubernetes with Rancher Vishal Biyani and Girish Shilamkar ## Contents Introduction ..... 4 1.1 Introduction ..... 4 1.2 Kubernetes Concepts and Terminology ..... 4 1.3 Kubernetes with Rancher ..... 9 2.1 Rancher Overview ..... 9 2.2 Native Kubernetes Support in Rancher ..... 9 2.3 Setting Up a Rancher Kubernetes Environment ..... 9 2.4 How Rancher Extends Kubernetes 26 3.2 Designing a Kubernetes service for an Application ..... 26 3.3 Load Balancing using Rancher Load Balancing services ..... 27 3.4 Service Discovery ..... 31 3.5 Storage ..... 32 3.6 Secrets

Scale with Vault & Rancher  Bastian Hofman Senior Field Engineer SUSE bastian.hofmann@suse.com  Rancher Catalog HELM

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#### Hardening Guide - Rancher v2.3.3+ ## Contents Hardening Guide for Rancher 2.3.3+ with Kubernetes 1.16 ..... 2 Overview ..... 2 Profile Definitions ..... 2 1.1 - Rancher RKE Kubernetes cluster 4 1.4.12 - Ensure that the etcd data directory ownership is set to etcd:etcd ..... 4 2.1 - Rancher HA Kubernetes Cluster Configuration via RKE ..... 5 2.1.1 - Configure kubectl options ..... 5 ... 11 3.1 - Rancher Management Control Plane Installation ..... 15 3.1.1 - Disable the local cluster option ..... 15 3.1.2 - Enable Rancher Audit logging ..... 16 3.2 - Rancher Management Control

Intelligence 3 on Rancher Kubernetes Engine 2 using VMware vSAN and vSphere  SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 Rancher Kubernetes Intelligence 3 Dr. Ulrich Schairer, SAP Solutions Architect (SUSE) Kevin Klinger, SAP Solutions Architect (SUSE) SAP Data Intelligence 3 on Rancher Kubernetes Engine 2 using VMware vSAN and vSphere ## Date: Intelligence 3 deployed on SUSE's RKE2 and VMWare vsphere and vsan. Disclaimer: Documents published as part of the SUSE Best Practices series have been contributed voluntarily by SUSE employees and third

# Competitor Analysis: KubeSphere vs. Rancher and OpenShift September 2021 ## Table of Contents Competitor Analysis: KubeSphere vs. Rancher and OpenShift ..... 1 I. Overview ..... 3 1. Metrics Comparison Overview ### 1. Metrics Comparison ### 1.1 Features Benchmarking |Features|KubeSphere|OpenShift|Rancher| |---|---|---|---| |Monitoring|※※※※|※※※|※※| |Logging|※※※※|※※|※※| |Events|※※※※|※※※|※※| |Auditing|※※※※|※※※|※※| iftRancherCompany nameQingCloud TechnologiesRed HatRancher LabsParent companyNoneIBMSUSEPlace