Windows and Linux Cluster Feature Parity

Windows clusters do not share the same feature support as Linux clusters.

The following chart describes the feature parity between Windows and Linux on Rancher:

Component Linux Windows

Distributions

RKE

Supported

Supported

RKE2

Supported

Supported

K3S

Supported

Not Supported

EKS

Supported

Not Supported

GKE

Supported

Not Supported

AKS

Supported

Not Supported

Rancher Components

Server

Supported

Not Supported

Agent

Supported

Supported

Fleet

Supported

Supported

EKS Operator

Supported

Not Supported

AKS Operator

Not Supported

Not Supported

GKE Operator

Not Supported

Not Supported

Monitoring/Alerting v2

Supported

Supported

Logging v2

Supported

Supported

Istio

Supported

Not Supported

Catalog v2

Supported

Not Supported

OPA

Supported

Not Supported

Longhorn

Supported

Not Supported

CIS Scans

Supported

Not Supported

Backup/Restore Operator

Supported

Not Supported

CNI / Add-ons

Flannel

Supported

Supported

Canal

Supported

Not Supported

Calico

Supported

Supported (RKE2 Only)

Cilium

Supported

Not Supported

Multus

Supported

Not Supported

Traefik

Supported

Not Supported

NGINX Ingress

Supported

Not Supported

For updated information on feature support, you may visit rancher/windows on GitHub.