Operating System Management with Elemental
Elemental enables cloud-native host management. Elemental allows you to onboard any machine in any location, whether its in a datacenter or on the edge, and integrate them seamlessly into Kubernetes while managing your workflows (e.g., OS updates).
Elemental with Rancher
Elemental in Rancher:
- Is Kubernetes native, which allows you to manage the OS via Elemental in Kubernetes clusters.
- Is nondisruptive from a Kubernetes operational perspective.
- Is declarative and GitOps friendly.
- Allows OCI Image-based flows, which are trusted, deterministic, and predictable.
- Works at scale. It enables fleet-sized OS management.
When should I use Elemental?
- Elemental enables cloud-native OS management from Rancher manager. It works with any OS (e.g., SLE Micro vanilla).
- Elemental allows cloud-native management for machines in datacenters and on the edge.
- Elemental is flexible and allows platform teams to perform all kind of workflows across their fleet of machines.
Elemental with Rancher Prime
- Deeply integrated already as GUI Extension in Rancher.
- Extends the Rancher story to the OS. Working perfectly with SLE Micro for Rancher today.