This document introduces Rancher 2.x, a complete container management platform that provides unified operations across multiple Kubernetes clusters deployed on-premises or in the cloud. It manages Kubernetes deployments on any infrastructure, enables centralized authentication and security policies, and provides monitoring, alerting, logging and self-service environments for developers. Rancher 2 simplifies container administration through its user interface, CLI/API, centralized Helm catalogs, integrated monitoring and alerting, and automated logging.