SUSE Rancher and RKE Kubernetes cluster using CSI Driver on DELL EMC PowerFlex

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  Executive Summary

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  Revisions
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  We value your feedback
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  Objective
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  Audience

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  PowerFlex family
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  PowerFlex software components
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  PowerFlex consumption options
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  Flexible consumption-based billing options

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  SUSE Rancher for Kubernetes

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  How SUSE Rancher delivers production-grade Kubernetes at scale

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  Solution architecture
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  Logical architecture
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  Network architecture

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  Installation of the SUSE Rancher Kubernetes cluster
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  Requirements
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  Steps to Install the docker on the Linux workstation and the Kubernetes nodes
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  Installation of the SUSE Rancher server
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  Steps to install a single node Kubernetes cluster
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  Steps to install SUSE Rancher server on the Kubernetes cluster
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  Steps to install Kubernetes workload cluster using SUSE Rancher UI

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  Overview
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  Prerequisites

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  Steps to install CSI drives for PowerFlex

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  Rancher Kubernetes Cluster Data Protection using PowerProtect Data Manager
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  Integrating SUSE Rancher managed Kubernetes cluster with PowerProtect Data Manager
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  Pre-requisites
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  Load balancer authentication
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  Service account token for the Rancher Kubernetes cluster
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  Enable the asset source
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  Adding RKE downstream cluster with PowerProtect Data Manager as an asset source
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  Specifying the Kubernetes cluster attributes
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  Discovering the Rancher Kubernetes cluster in PowerProtect Data Manager
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  Protecting the namespaces and PVCs on the Rancher Kubernetes cluster
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  Performing backup of namespaces and PVCs on Rancher Kubernetes cluster
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  Restoring the namespaces and PVCs to Rancher Kubernetes cluster

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  Conclusion

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  Storage only and compute only nodes
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  SUSE Rancher Kubernetes cluster

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  Dell Technologies documentation
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  Rancher Documentation
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  Dell EMC PowerProtect Documentation