RKE2, also known as RKE Government, is Rancher's next-generation Kubernetes distribution.
It is a fully conformant Kubernetes distribution that focuses on security and compliance within the U.S. Federal Government sector.
To meet these goals, RKE2 does the following:
- Provides defaults and configuration options that allow clusters to pass the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark v1.6 with minimal operator intervention
- Enables FIPS 140-2 compliance