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minikube

install

choco install minikube

start minikube

1. Start a cluster using the docker driver:

$ minikube start


😄  minikube v1.27.1 on Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19045 Build 19045
✨  Using the docker driver based on user configuration
📌  Using Docker Desktop driver with root privileges
👍  Starting control plane node minikube in cluster minikube
🚜  Pulling base image ...
    > gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase:  0 B [________________________] ?% ? p/s 40s
🔥  Creating docker container (CPUs=2, Memory=3875MB) ...
🐳  Preparing Kubernetes v1.25.2 on Docker 20.10.18 ...
    ▪ Generating certificates and keys ...
    ▪ Booting up control plane ...
    ▪ Configuring RBAC rules ...
🔎  Verifying Kubernetes components...
    ▪ Using image gcr.io/k8s-minikube/storage-provisioner:v5
🌟  Enabled addons: default-storageclass, storage-provisioner
🏄  Done! kubectl is now configured to use "minikube" cluster and "default" namespace by default

2. To make docker the default driver:

$ minikube config set driver docker
❗  These changes will take effect upon a minikube delete and then a minikube start



$ minikube stop
$ minikube config set memory 8192
$ minikube config set cpus 4

$ minikube config view
- memory: 8192
- cpus: 4
- driver: docker

$ minikube start - cpus 6 - memory 12288

$ minikube start --nodes 2 -p multinode-demo
powershell
minikube docker-env

3. To make delete

$ minikube delete
🙄  "minikube" profile does not exist, trying anyways.
💀  Removed all traces of the "minikube" cluster.

Deploy applications

Create a sample deployment and expose it on port 80:

kubectl create deployment k8s02-minikube --image=docker.io/nginx:1.23
kubectl expose deployment k8s02-minikube --type=NodePort --port=80

It may take a moment, but your deployment will soon show up when you run:

kubectl get services k8s02-minikube

The easiest way to access this service is to let minikube launch a web browser for you:

minikube service k8s02-minikube

Alternatively, use kubectl to forward the port:

kubectl port-forward service/k8s02-minikube 7080:80

Tada! Your application is now available at http://localhost:7080/.

Manage your cluster

Pause Kubernetes without impacting deployed applications:

minikube pause

Unpause a paused instance:

minikube unpause

Halt the cluster:

minikube stop

Change the default memory limit (requires a restart):

minikube config set memory 9001

Browse the catalog of easily installed Kubernetes services:

minikube addons list

Create a second cluster running an older Kubernetes release:

minikube start -p aged --kubernetes-version=v1.16.1

Delete all of the minikube clusters:

minikube delete --all

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