From d27669800eab5ef82a4c95fcc8adada2fb1f455e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Catherine Luse Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:15:10 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Edit overview section --- content/rancher/v2.x/en/overview/_index.md | 13 +++++-------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/overview/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/overview/_index.md index 5faff7de3f2..f8709e5483e 100644 --- a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/overview/_index.md +++ b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/overview/_index.md @@ -33,27 +33,24 @@ The Rancher API server is built on top of an embedded Kubernetes API server and - **User management:** The Rancher API server [manages user identities]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/admin-settings/authentication/) that correspond to external authentication providers like Active Directory or GitHub, in addition to local users. - **Authorization:** The Rancher API server manages [access control]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/admin-settings/rbac/) and [security]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/admin-settings/pod-security-policies/) policies. -### Working with Kubernetes Applications +### Working with Kubernetes - **Provisioning Kubernetes clusters:** The Rancher API server can [provision Kubernetes]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/) on existing nodes, or perform [Kubernetes upgrades.]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-admin/editing-clusters/#upgrading-kubernetes) -- **Managing projects:** A project is a group of multiple namespaces and access control policies within a cluster. A project is a Rancher concept, not a Kubernetes concept, which allows you manage multiple namespaces as a group and perform Kubernetes operations in them. The Rancher UI provides features for [project administration]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/project-admin/) and for [managing applications within projects.]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/k8s-in-rancher/) +- **Catalog management:** Rancher provides the ability to use a [catalog of Helm charts]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/catalog/) that make it easy to repeatedly deploy applications. +- **Managing projects:** A project is a group of multiple namespaces and access control policies within a cluster. A project is a Rancher concept, not a Kubernetes concept, which allows you manage multiple namespaces as a group and perform Kubernetes operations in them. The Rancher UI provides features for [project administration]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/project-admin/) and for [managing applications within projects.]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/k8s-in-rancher/) - **Pipelines:** Setting up a [pipeline]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/project-admin/tools/pipelines/) can help developers deliver new software as quickly and efficiently as possible. Within Rancher, you can configure pipelines for each of your Rancher projects. +- **Istio:** Our [integration with Istio]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-admin/tools/istio/) is designed so that a Rancher operator, such as an administrator or cluster owner, can deliver Istio to developers. Then developers can use Istio to enforce security policies, troubleshoot problems, or manage traffic for green/blue deployments, canary deployments, or A/B testing. ### Working with Cloud Infrastructure - **Tracking nodes:** The Rancher API server tracks identities of all the [nodes]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-admin/nodes/) in all clusters. - **Setting up infrastructure:** When configured to use a cloud provider, Rancher can dynamically provision [new nodes]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/node-pools/) and [persistent storage]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-admin/volumes-and-storage/) in the cloud. -### Catalogs - -- **Catalog management:** Rancher provides the ability to use a [catalog of Helm charts]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/catalog/) that make it easy to repeatedly deploy applications. - ### Cluster Visibility - **Logging:** Rancher can integrate with a variety of popular logging services and tools that exist outside of your Kubernetes clusters. Logging can be set up [at the cluster level]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-admin/tools/logging/) or [at the project level.]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/project-admin/tools/logging/) - **Monitoring:** Using Rancher, you can monitor the state and processes of your cluster nodes, Kubernetes components, and software deployments through integration with Prometheus, a leading open-source monitoring solution. Monitoring can be configured [at the cluster level]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-admin/tools/monitoring/) or [at the project level.]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/project-admin/tools/monitoring/) - **Alerting:** To keep your clusters and applications healthy and driving your organizational productivity forward, you need to stay informed of events occurring in your clusters and projects, both planned and unplanned. To help you stay informed of these events, you can configure alerts [at the cluster level]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-admin/tools/alerts/) or [at the project level.]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/project-admin/tools/alerts/) -- **Istio:** Our [integration with Istio]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-admin/tools/istio/) is designed so that a Rancher operator, such as an administrator or cluster owner, can deliver Istio to developers. Then developers can use Istio to enforce security policies, troubleshoot problems, or manage traffic for green/blue deployments, canary deployments, or A/B testing. # Editing Downstream Clusters with Rancher @@ -63,7 +60,7 @@ After a cluster is created with Rancher, a cluster administrator can manage clus The following table shows an overview of the options and settings available for each cluster type: - Cluster Type | Member Roles | Cluster Options | Node Pools + Cluster Type | Manage Member Roles | Edit Cluster Options | Manage Node Pools ---------|----------|---------|---------| [RKE-Launched]({{< baseurl >}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/#rancher-launched-kubernetes) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | [Hosted Kubernetes Cluster]({{< baseurl >}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/#hosted-kubernetes-cluster) | ✓ | | |