Minikube is a tool that makes it easy to run Kubernetes locally. Minikube runs a single-node Kubernetes cluster inside a VM on your laptop for users looking to try out Kubernetes or develop with it day-to-day.
brew cask install minikubecurl -Lo minikube https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64 && chmod +x minikube && sudo mv minikube /usr/local/bin/Download the minikube-windows-amd64.exe file, rename it to minikube.exe and add it to your path
- [Linux] Arch Linux AUR
- [Windows] Chocolatey
We also released a Debian package and Windows installer on our releases page If you maintain a minikube package, please feel free to add it here.
- kubectl
- macOS
- Linux
- VirtualBox or KVM
- Windows
- VT-x/AMD-v virtualization must be enabled in BIOS
- Internet connection on first run
Here's a brief demo of minikube usage.
If you want to change the VM driver add the appropriate --vm-driver=xxx flag to minikube start. Minikube Supports
the following drivers:
$ minikube start
Starting local Kubernetes v1.6.0 cluster...
Starting VM...
SSH-ing files into VM...
Setting up certs...
Starting cluster components...
Connecting to cluster...
Setting up kubeconfig...
Kubectl is now configured to use the cluster.
$ kubectl run hello-minikube --image=gcr.io/google_containers/echoserver:1.4 --port=8080
deployment "hello-minikube" created
$ kubectl expose deployment hello-minikube --type=NodePort
service "hello-minikube" exposed
# We have now launched an echoserver pod but we have to wait until the pod is up before curling/accessing it
# via the exposed service.
# To check whether the pod is up and running we can use the following:
$ kubectl get pod
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
hello-minikube-3383150820-vctvh 1/1 ContainerCreating 0 3s
# We can see that the pod is still being created from the ContainerCreating status
$ kubectl get pod
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
hello-minikube-3383150820-vctvh 1/1 Running 0 13s
# We can see that the pod is now Running and we will now be able to curl it:
$ curl $(minikube service hello-minikube --url)
CLIENT VALUES:
client_address=192.168.99.1
command=GET
real path=/
...
$ minikube stop
Stopping local Kubernetes cluster...
Machine stopped.The minikube start command creates a "kubectl context" called "minikube".
This context contains the configuration to communicate with your minikube cluster.
Minikube sets this context to default automatically, but if you need to switch back to it in the future, run:
kubectl config use-context minikube,
or pass the context on each command like this: kubectl get pods --context=minikube.
To access the Kubernetes Dashboard, run this command in a shell after starting minikube to get the address:
minikube dashboardTo access a service exposed via a node port, run this command in a shell after starting minikube to get the address:
minikube service [-n NAMESPACE] [--url] NAMEMinikube uses libmachine for provisioning VMs, and localkube (originally written and donated to this project by RedSpread) for running the cluster.
For more information about minikube, see the proposal.
- #minikube on Kubernetes Slack
- kubernetes-dev mailing list (If you are posting to the list please prefix your subject with "minikube: ")