Provisioning Kubernetes Clusters with Rancher & meshStack

Описание: In this keynote from the meshcloud Conference 2025, Julia Rengshausen (IAV) shares how her team provisions Kubernetes clusters across AWS, Azure, and on-premise environments using Rancher and meshStack.

She explains why they chose a cloud-agnostic approach, the challenges they faced, and the lessons they learned while building a reliable, developer-friendly platform. A live demo shows how clusters are provisioned step by step.

👉 Key takeaways:

Why not EKS/AKS? Choosing Rancher for cloud-agnostic clusters
Lessons learned: custom platforms, user management, GitLab pipelines
Live demo: provisioning a Kubernetes cluster in AWS
How the same approach works for on-premise with OpenStack

➡️ A must-watch for platform engineers, DevOps teams, and anyone interested in multi-cloud Kubernetes.

00:00 – Introduction & background
01:10 – About IAV & shift towards software
02:15 – Using meshStack & building blocks
03:15 – Why Rancher instead of EKS/AKS
04:30 – Rancher explained & developer benefits
06:00 – Lessons learned (custom platforms, user management, pipelines)
13:15 – Architecture overview (cluster + user management)
14:50 – Live demo: provisioning a cluster in AWS
18:00 – Extending the approach to on-premise (OpenStack)
18:50 – Closing & thank you