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ArticleAugust 1, 2026

Beyond kubectl: Managing .NET Workloads Across Kubernetes Clusters with Rancher

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Move beyond kubectl and operate multiple Kubernetes clusters from one control plane: install Rancher Manager on k3d, organize workloads into projects instead of raw namespaces, enforce RBAC per team, import a second k3d cluster, and deliver the same .NET 10 todo API from the previous article, with PostgreSQL and RabbitMQ, to all of them with Fleet GitOps.

Mehdi Hadeli

Software Architecture

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