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Windows and Linux Cluster Feature Parity

Windows clusters do not share the same feature support as Linux clusters.

The following chart describes the feature parity between Windows and Linux on Rancher:

ComponentLinuxWindows
Distributions
RKESupportedSupported
RKE2SupportedSupported
K3SSupportedNot Supported
EKSSupportedNot Supported
GKESupportedNot Supported
AKSSupportedNot Supported
Rancher Components
ServerSupportedNot Supported
AgentSupportedSupported
FleetSupportedSupported
EKS OperatorSupportedNot Supported
AKS OperatorNot SupportedNot Supported
GKE OperatorNot SupportedNot Supported
Monitoring/Alerting v2SupportedSupported
Logging v2SupportedSupported
IstioSupportedNot Supported
Catalog v2SupportedNot Supported
OPASupportedNot Supported
LonghornSupportedNot Supported
CIS ScansSupportedNot Supported
Backup/Restore OperatorSupportedNot Supported
CNI / Add-ons
FlannelSupportedSupported
CanalSupportedNot Supported
CalicoSupportedSupported (RKE2 Only)
CiliumSupportedNot Supported
MultusSupportedNot Supported
TraefikSupportedNot Supported
NGINX IngressSupportedNot Supported

For updated information on feature support, you may visit rancher/windows on GitHub.