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Rancher Prime supports any certified Kubernetes distribution. For on-premises workloads, Rancher Prime offers the RKE, a CNCF-certified Kubernetes distribution that runs entirely within Docker containers. It works on bare-metal and virtualized servers. RKE solves the problem of installation complexity, a common issue in the Kubernetes community. With RKE, the installation and operation of Kubernetes are both simplified and easily automated, and it is entirely independent of the operating system. RKE2, also known as RKE Government, is Rancher's next-generation Kubernetes distribution. RKE2 inherits close alignment with upstream Kubernetes from RKE, but it does not rely on Docker.
Rancher Prime provides simple and consistent cluster operations, including provisioning, version management, visibility and diagnostics, monitoring and alerting, and centralized audit.
Rancher Prime lets you automate processes. It applies a consistent set of user access and security policies to all your clusters, no matter where they are running.
Rancher Prime provides a rich catalog of services for building, deploying, and scaling containerized applications. Services include application packaging, continuous integration or continuous deployment, logging, monitoring, and service mesh.