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description: "Rancher is open source software that combines everything an organization needs to adopt and run containers in production. Built on Kubernetes, Rancher makes it easy for DevOps teams to test, deploy and manage their applications. Operations teams use Rancher to deploy, manage and secure every Kubernetes deployment regardless of where it is running."
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              <h3 class="m-t-0">Rancher 2.x</h3>
              <p>The most of Rancher is redesigned to work on Kubernetes. Rancher 2.0 retains the user-friendly features of version 1.6, such as the UI and catalog.</p>
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            <p>Read about how to <a href="{{< baseurl >}}/rancher/v2.x/en/v1.6-migration/">migrate from Rancher v1.6 Cattle to v2.x</a></p>
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              <h3 class="m-t-0">Rancher 1.6</h3>
              <p>Rancher enables organizations to run and manage Docker and Kubernetes in production without having to build a container services platform from scratch.</p>
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              <h3 class="m-t-0">RancherOS</h3>
              <p>RancherOS is the smallest, easiest way to run Docker in production. Everything in RancherOS is a container managed by Docker.</p>
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              <p>Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE) is an extremely simple, lightning fast Kubernetes installer that works everywhere.</p>
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