Rancher Labs
Rancher Labs is a software company working on Operating-system-level virtualization tools, more commonly known as Linux Containers. Created in 2014,[1] Rancher Labs has introduced two main tools: Rancher, a container cluster manager for Docker container systems, and RancherOS, a Linux derived operating system simplified to host containers.[2][3]
History
Rancher Labs was founded in 2014 and has been funded in two rounds, $10 million in 2015 and $20 million in 2016.[4] Executives include CEO Sheng Liang.
Products
Rancher
Rancher fills the role of container orchestrator or cluster manager, similar to the Kubernetes and Apache Mesos projects. These all use Docker as the underlying container runtime and coordinate running containers between multiple discrete physical nodes.
RancherOS
Similarly to CoreOS, RancherOS is a minimized version of Linux focused on hosting Docker containers.
References
- ↑ Kerner, Sean Michael (2016-03-29). "Rancher Rolls Out Docker Container Management Platform". Eweek. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ↑ "Rancher Labs homepage". Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ↑ Yegulalp, Serdar (15 June 2015). "Rancher lassoes up Docker containers for production deployments". Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ↑ Lardinois, Frederick (9 May 2016). "Rancher Labs raises $20M Series B round for its container management platform". TechCrunch. Retrieved 18 November 2016.