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## Challenges Cloud Infrastructure and SRE Teams Are Facing Managing Cloud-Native Workloads

As you take on application modernization initiatives that leverage cloud native architectures, we will cover common challenges creating and operating consistent and standardized Kubernetes clusters, including:
 
- Maintaining security and regulatory compliance.
- Meeting service-level objectives with automation and fleet-wide visibility.

In order to accomplish this task, many cloud infrastructure and SRE teams are building their own platforms using disparate open source tools that meet the multiple business and technical requirements requiring domain expertise across multiple technologies and an increasing number of resources to develop and manage integration between tools and services taking focus away from higher value tasks and business objectives.


## How Does Rafay Help with Kubernetes Operations?
Rafay helps maximize the value of containerized applications with a unified platform with a full suite of turnkey services required to run Kubernetes at scale. By providing a SaaS controller with comprehensive lifecycle management of both Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications, cloud infrastructure and SRE teams automate operations for Amazon EKS clusters and modern applications leveraging Rafay’s:


![Rafay Overview](/images/Rafay-Services-V3.png)
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### Multi-Cluster Management Service: 
Manage the lifecycle of Kubernetes clusters for managed Kubernetes services, such as Amazon EKS, and self managed Kubernetes distributions. Click [here](https://rafay.co/platform/kubernetes-multi-cluster-management-service/) to learn move about Rafay's Multi-Cluster Management Service.

### GitOps Service:
Enables infrastructure orchestration and application deployment through multi-stage, git-triggered pipelines.  Click [here](https://rafay.co/platform/gitops-service/) to learn more about Rafay's GitOps Service.

### Zero-Trust Access Service:
Enables controlled, audited access for developers, SREs and automation systems to Kubernetes infrastructure. Click [here](https://rafay.co/platform/zero-trust-access-service/) to learn more about Rafay's Zero-Trust Access Service.

### Kubernetes Policy Management Service:
Enables policy management for clusters via the Open Policy Agent (OPA) framework for Kubernetes security and governance. Click [here](https://rafay.co/platform/kubernetes-policy-management-service/) to learn more about Rafay's Kubernetes Policy Management Service.

### Backup & Restore Service
Enables disaster recovery and migration of the Kubernetes control plane and application data. Click [here](https://rafay.co/platform/backup-restore-service/) to learn more about Rafay's Kubernetes Backup & Restore Service.

### Visibility & Monitoring Service
Enables development, operations and security/governance teams to visualize and monitor modern apps and underlying Kubernetes infrastructure through dedicated dashboards. Click [here](https://rafay.co/platform/visibility-monitoring-service/) to learn more about Rafay's Visibility & Monitoring Service.

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## On To The Workshop

To start the workshop, make sure you have:
 
- Access to a Github account that you can download and update configuration files with.
- Access to a Rafay account and Amazon Console. Signup for a free trial [here](https://rafay.co/start/)

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