The document discusses monitoring Kubernetes in Rancher using InfluxData. It provides an introduction to Rancher and how it can deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters. It then discusses the time series data problem and how InfluxData solutions like Telegraf, InfluxDB, Chronograf and Kapacitor can collect, store and analyze the high volume time series data generated by containers. It highlights key features of Rancher and InfluxData and demonstrates how their tools can be used together to monitor Kubernetes workloads.
6. Rancher Highlights
• Unified approach to running containers on-prem or in the cloud
• Powerful REST API for automating the end-to-end container
lifecycle
• Enterprise controls such as RBAC and audit logging with
integration into common authentication providers such as AD,
SAML, LDAP.
• Automated Kubernetes deployments and upgrades
• Integrations with storage technologies such as EBS/NFS/NetApp,
etc.