diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/_index.md index 0c80c70da2c..7f32d44e75e 100644 --- a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/_index.md +++ b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/_index.md @@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ title: Rancher Launched Kubernetes weight: 2200 --- -If you don't want to use a hosted Kubernetes provider, you can launch a Kubernetes cluster from Rancher using one of our RKE Cluster options using any nodes your want. - -RKE, or [Rancher Kubernetes Engine]({{< baseurl >}}/rke/v0.1.x/en/), is Rancher's own lightweight Kubernetes installer. It can launch Kubernetes on any computer, including: +If you don't want to use a hosted Kubernetes provider, you can have Rancher launch a Kubernetes cluster using any nodes your want. When Rancher deploys Kubernetes onto these nodes, it uses RKE, or [Rancher Kubernetes Engine]({{< baseurl >}}/rke/v0.1.x/en/), which is Rancher's own lightweight Kubernetes installer. It can launch Kubernetes on any computer, including: - Bare-metal servers - On-premise virtual machines @@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ RKE cluster provisioning is separated into two categories: - [Node Pools]({{< baseurl >}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/node-pools/): - In this use case, Rancher uses a Docker Machine and RKE to provision a Kubernetes cluster using a major cloud provider. + In this use case, Rancher uses a [Docker Machine](https://docs.docker.com/machine/) and RKE to provision a Kubernetes cluster using a major cloud provider. - [Custom Nodes]({{< baseurl >}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/custom-nodes/): diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/node-pools/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/node-pools/_index.md index cada204817d..a634330853a 100644 --- a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/node-pools/_index.md +++ b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/node-pools/_index.md @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ aliases: ## Node Pools -Rancher calls Docker Machine to provision nodes from major IaaS providers in combination with Rancher RKE to provision a new Kubernetes cluster quickly and easily, all from the Rancher UI. There's no need to log directly into your infrastructure provider's portal. +Rancher calls [Docker Machine](https://docs.docker.com/machine/) to provision nodes from major IaaS providers in combination with Rancher RKE to provision a new Kubernetes cluster quickly and easily, all from the Rancher UI. There's no need to log directly into your infrastructure provider's portal. Out-of-the-box, Rancher includes node pool options for the infrastructure providers that follow, although you can add options by adding or creating [Node Drivers](#node-drivers).