Kubernetes Management at Scale: SUSE Rancher Prime Meets Amazon EKS

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) is a managed service that makes it easy for you to run Kubernetes on AWS without installing and operating your own Kubernetes control plane or worker nodes. When scaling operations beyond AWS to include edge, enterprises need additional tools to implement security policies, optimize costs, and manage multiple clusters across AWS Regions, local datacenters, and edge locations.

This is where SUSE Rancher Prime changes the game. More than just a Kubernetes manager, it’s a complete Hybrid IT platform that simplifies operations, strengthens security, and optimizes costs—all while enhancing EKS, not replacing it.

If you’re running Kubernetes at scale, you will benefit from platform capabilities that help reduce operational overhead, improve efficiency, and increase business value.

Challenges with Scale

Enterprise users struggle with key operational challenges at massive scale. Below are a few challenges that we hear from customers:

• RBAC Complexity → Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is managed differently across AWS and hybrid environments
• Cost Overruns → Unoptimized workloads drive up cloud spending
• Security Gaps → Compliance enforcement across clusters requires additional tooling
• Limited Visibility → Managing EKS alongside hybrid/on-prem environments leads to fragmented observability

Without a central platform, large companies face management problems because of their size and the number of tools they use. They end up maintaining Kubernetes instead of deploying a new feature.

SUSE Rancher Prime & Amazon EKS

Let’s talk about how SUSE Rancher Prime and Amazon EKS helps you run at scale.

Keep Your Access Controls in Sync

When creating new clusters on premises or in different AWS Regions, administrators typically need to reconfigure access controls and reauthorize users.

SUSE Rancher Prime provides centralized Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) management, which includes managing multiple Amazon EKS clusters across different AWS Regions and Kubernetes environments across SUSE Rancher Prime supported platforms. The access policies and role assignments persist across workload deployments, helping enable consistent access control across cluster environments.

Reduce Costs Without Sacrificing Performance

Running Kubernetes efficiently is about automating cost savings without impacting performance.

SUSE Rancher Prime seamlessly integrates with AWS Spot Instances, delivering up to 90% savings compared to on-demand pricing. SUSE Rancher Prime’s automation eliminates manual scaling efforts and prevents overprovisioning, ensuring you only pay for resources you actually need.

The result? By choosing SUSE Rancher Prime, you can take advantage of AWS cost saving offers.

Keep Your Environment Secure and Visible – All in One Place

SUSE Rancher Prime simplifies your day-to-day operations by including enterprise-grade security and monitoring capabilities regardless where your Kubernetes deployments are launched. No need to piece together different tools for hybrid deployments integrating multiple products and solutions– you’ll get Kubernetes Benchmarks and FIPS compliance alongside powerful OpenTelemetry monitoring in a single, unified platform.

This means you can easily spot and fix issues across all your clusters and maintain strong security standards across your Kubernetes deployments.

Supercharge Your Amazon EKS Journey with SUSE Rancher Prime

Amazon EKS provides the robust foundation for your cloud-native infrastructure, and and SUSE Rancher Prime provides a powerful single pane of glass to manage all of your environment. Together, they create an optimal solution that combines AWS’s enterprise-grade Kubernetes service with Rancher Prime’s intuitive management features. SUSE Rancher Prime integrates with Amazon EKS’s native strengths that result in streamlining operations, optimizing costs, and adding enterprise-ready automation for security and governance.

By uniting Amazon EKS’s reliability with Rancher Prime’s capabilities, you’re equipped with a comprehensive cloud-native platform that’s ready to scale and evolve with your business needs. It’s the perfect combination for organizations seeking to maximize their Kubernetes investment.

Using Amazon EKS with Rancher Prime combines AWS’s Kubernetes service with Rancher Prime’s management features. This combination enhances your capabilities by simplifying operations, helping control costs, and providing automation for security and governance.

👉 Talk to our experts today and see how SUSE Rancher Prime can help you get the most out of Kubernetes like a 258% ROI.