kubernetes Getting started with kubernetes Installing Minikube
Example
Minikube creates a local cluster of virtual machines to run Kubernetes on.It is the simplest method to get your hands dirty with Kubernetes on your local machine.
Documentation for Minikube can be found at http://kubernetes.io/docs/getting-started-guides/minikube/
Requirements
- On macOS, xhyve driver, VirtualBox or VMware Fusion hypervisors
- On Linux, VirtualBox or KVM hypervisors
- On Windows VirtualBox or Hyper-V hypervisors
- VT-x/AMD-v virtualization enabled
To check if virtualization support is enabled, run the appropriate command from below. The command will output something if virtualization is enabled.
# On Linux
cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'vmx\|svm'
# On OSX
sysctl -a | grep machdep.cpu.features | grep VMX
Installation
Minikube is a single binary. Thus, installation is as easy as downloading the binary and placing it in your path.
# Specify the version of minikube to download.
# Latest version can be retrieved from
# https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases
VERSION=v0.16.0
# If on Linux
OS=linux
# If on OSX
# OS=darwin
# URL to download minikube binary from
URL=https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/$VERSION/minikube-$OS-amd64
# Download binary and place in path.
curl -Lo minikube $URL
chmod +x minikube
sudo mv minikube /usr/local/bin/
Usage
To start a new cluster:
minikube start
This will create a new cluster of local virtual machines with Kubernetes already installed and configured.
You can access the Kubernetes dashboard with:
minikube dashboard
Minikube creates a related context for kubectl which can be used with:
kubectl config use-context minikube
Once ready the local Kubernetes can be used:
kubectl run hello-minikube --image=gcr.io/google_containers/echoserver:1.4 --port=8080
kubectl expose deployment hello-minikube --type=NodePort
curl $(minikube service hello-minikube --url)
To stop the local cluster:
minikube stop
To delete the local cluster, note new IP will be allocated after creation:
minikube delete
