Rancher Marketplace is an integrated app catalog that provides easy access to third-party applications and simplifies the deployment of applications. Dell Technologies offers PowerStore CSI driver, along with other Dell CSI drivers, in the Marketplace, providing both convenience and a seamless user experience.
The advantages of deploying Dell CSI drivers through Rancher App Catalog include:
- The Rancher UI offers an intuitive interface that simplifies the deployment process, reducing the need for complex command-line operations.
- A unified management Rancher UI to manage all aspects of your Kubernetes clusters.
- The App Catalog is based on Helm, a Kubernetes package manager. Dell CSI drivers include the Helm charts in the App Catalog to facilitate the installation and deployment process.
- Pre-configured settings are available, allowing you to use either the default values or to customize them to meet your specific needs.
- You can be confident that both Dell and SUSE have validated the deployment process.
- Enhances and centralizes user authentication and access control.
- You can directly monitor the status of cluster components and applications in the Rancher UI, which also simplifies the process of locating log files for troubleshooting.