Rancher Fleet Management Training

Master Fleet GitOps at scale in 3 days. Deploy and manage applications across hundreds of Kubernetes clusters with automated drift detection.

Training Details


Duration	3 days (24 hours)
Level	Intermediate
Delivery	In-person, Live online, Hybrid
Certification	N/A

Who Is This For?

Platform engineers managing multi-cluster
DevOps engineers implementing GitOps at scale
SREs responsible for fleet-wide delivery
Rancher administrators expanding to Fleet

Learning Outcomes

After completing this training, you’ll be able to:

Understand Fleet architecture and GitOps at scale
Configure GitRepo resources for application delivery
Manage cluster groups and targeted deployments
Write fleet.yaml for Helm and Kustomize integration
Deploy applications across hundreds of clusters
Detect and correct configuration drift automatically

Detailed Agenda

Day 1: Fleet Fundamentals

Module 1: Fleet Architecture — Manager, agent, bundles Module 2: GitRepo Resources — Paths, branches, targeting Module 3: Bundle Lifecycle — Creation, deployment, reconciliation

Day 2: Configuration and Deployment

Module 4: Cluster Groups — Labels, selectors, targeting Module 5: Fleet Configuration — fleet.yaml, Helm/Kustomize options Module 6: Multi-Cluster Deployment — Scaling to hundreds of clusters

Day 3: Operations

Module 7: Drift Detection — Auto-correction, compliance Module 8: Fleet Troubleshooting — Diagnostics, recovery

Prerequisites

Rancher Fundamentals or equivalent
Understanding of Git and GitOps
Basic Helm and Kustomize knowledge

Delivery Formats

Format	Description
In-Person	On-site at your company’s location, hands-on with direct interaction
Live Online	Interactive virtual sessions with screen sharing and real-time labs
Hybrid	Combination of on-site and remote sessions, flexible scheduling

All formats include hands-on labs, course materials, and post-training support.