Proven Rancher to Platform9 Migrations – Fixed Scope, Senior Engineers
To migrate from SUSE Rancher to Platform9 Managed Kubernetes, we take a fixed-scope approach: assess, migrate clusters, and hand over a 99.9% SLA control plane — all while keeping your legacy environment active
The lowest-cost way off SUSE Rancher: our migration tooling automates the repetitive work —you pay senior engineers for judgment, not keystrokes.
How we support SUSE Rancher → Platform9 Managed Kubernetes after migration
- ✓Fixed scope — no surprise overruns
- ✓Senior platform engineers execute your migration
- ✓Control plane SLA 99.9% Managed for you
- ✓Legacy Rancher stays covered during cutover
- ✓2–3 month timeline, 1–2 consultants
- ✓Post-migration 24/7 US-based support
Operational Capacity Breached
Your platform team is stretched thin managing Rancher control plane failures instead of building apps.
Frequent Control Plane Failures
Self-hosted Rancher manager nodes crash or degrade, taking your cluster fleet offline.
No Guaranteed SLA
Your organization requires guaranteed uptime that open-source tooling can't provide.
SUSE Rancher → Platform9 Managed Kubernetes migration — your questions answered
How do I migrate from SUSE Rancher to Platform9 Managed Kubernetes?+
Yes. This is a well-understood project. Our engineers first assess your environment, then migrate downstream clusters to Platform9 Managed Kubernetes while keeping your existing Rancher manager running. Your vendor support remains active under your current contract.
What about Rancher's internal monitoring and logging agents?+
Our engineers analyze and reconfigure those agents during the migration so they forward data to your new monitoring stack. No data loss. The legacy Rancher environment stays operational throughout.
Can Platform9 work in local VMs without internet access?+
Platform9 Managed Kubernetes can be deployed in air-gapped or strictly firewalled environments. We set up a local relay for management traffic. No dependency on outbound API calls.
What happens to our Rancher support during the migration?+
Your SUSE Rancher vendor contract remains active during the migration. If the renewal lapses after cutover, our third-party support covers most operational issues on the legacy system while you complete the move. It is not vendor support and does not include vendor patches.
Offload Your K8s Control Plane. Get the Readiness Assessment.
Your team stays focused on apps, not clusters. Post-migration, add Platform9 Enterprise Account Engineering Support for ongoing optimization. The result: a Managed K8s platform with guaranteed uptime, no operational drift.