Link Search Menu Expand Document

Solid Rancher: Notes on Rancher Kubernetes with NetApp HCI and SolidFire

This site contains my personal notes about deploying Rancher Kubernetes with NetApp HCI, SolidFire and eSDS.

Note that Rancher on NetApp HCI only supports HCI out-of-the box.

NOTE: Because NetApp announced NetApp HCI will be sold only until early 2021 (and supported until much later), I refocused my efforts on SolidFire & (generic) Kubernetes and now maintain https://solidfire-kubernetes.pages.dev. Thew new site focuses more on storage and less on compute side of Kubernetes because outside of NetApp HCI configurations, users get support for compute nodes from their server and Kubernetes vendor.

What’s in here

  • Plan: things to consider before you Deploy
  • Deploy: deployment tips and considerations
  • Protect: protect your services and data (DR, BC, BR)
  • Automate: work better, faster

If you spot a mistake or have a suggestion, create an issue and I’ll see what I can do about it.

External Resources

Always review the official documentation. Unofficial sites may be useful so they’re listed here as well, especially if they’re referenced more than once.

  • Official NetApp HCI Solution Documentation for Rancher on NetApp HCI (not yet available)
  • Awesome SolidFire - collection of SolidFire resources
  • ez-rancher - automated deployment tool for Rancher Management Clusters
  • NetApp Trident - NetApp Trident, dynamic storage provisioner for containers
  • NetApp Pub - NetApp Community Slack - ask your questions in #netapp-hci When in doubt, check with NetApp Support.

Last Build

2021-10-28 16:55+0800