minikube is local Kubernetes, focusing on making it easy to learn and develop for Kubernetes.
All you need is Docker (or similarly compatible) container or a Virtual Machine environment, and Kubernetes is a single command away: minikube start
What you’ll need
- 2 CPUs or more
- 2GB of free memory
- 20GB of free disk space
- Internet connection
- Container or virtual machine manager, such as: Docker, Hyperkit, Hyper-V, KVM, Parallels, Podman, VirtualBox, or VMware
Before installing Minikube, you need docker(or VM) and Kubectl
Install and Set up kubectl
1. Download the latest release with the command:
curl -LO "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/$(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"2. Make the kubectl binary executable.
chmod +x ./kubectl3. Move the binary in to your PATH.
sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl4. Test to ensure the version you installed is up-to-date:
kubectl version --clientInstall Minikube
If the Brew Package Manager installed:
brew install minikubeIf which minikube fails after installation via brew, you may have to remove the minikube cask and link the binary:
brew cask remove minikube
brew link minikubeOtherwise, download minikube directly:
curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-darwin-amd64
sudo install minikube-darwin-amd64 /usr/local/bin/minikubeIf the Chocolatey Package Manager is installed, use it to install minikube:
choco install minikubeOtherwise, download and run the Windows installer
Binary download
sudo apt install curl
curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64
sudo install minikube-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/minikubeAdd a new user (username= developer) in Unbuntu
sudo su
adduser developer
usermode -aG sudo developer
su - developerAdd the user to the Docker Group
sudo groupadd docker
sudo usermod -aG docker developerStart minikube with Docker
minikube start --driver=docker
If you successfully install minikube on your machine, check minikube status and node.
minikube status
# minikube
# type: Control Plane
# host: Running
# kubelet: Running
# apiserver: Running
# kubeconfig: Configuredkubectl cluster-info
# Kubernetes master is running at https://192.168.49.2:8443
# KubeDNS is running at https://192.168.49.2:8443/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/kube-dns:dns/proxykubectl get nodes
# NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION
# minikube Ready master 26m v1.19.2
kubectl get nodes -o wide
# NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION INTERNAL-IP EXTERNAL-IP OS-IMAGE KERNEL-VERSION CONTAINER-RUNTIME
# minikube Ready master 28m v1.19.2 192.168.49.2 <none> Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 4.15.0-122-generic docker://19.3.8- single-node Kubernetes cluster and the name is minikube