You must have the following setup on your PC:

• Podman
• Minikube
• Git

This requires a minimum of:

• 2 physical CPU cores
• 6 GB of free memory

For the MeshNetwork (Istio) Lab you need a minimum of:

• 4 physical CPU cores
• 9 GB of free memory

If Minikube is not an option you can use OpenShift Local or any other Kubernetes solution (but this is untested and you're on your own).

🚀 TASK: Install prerequisites on Mac

1. Install CLI Tools

   🌏 Detailed Documentation for the Task

   brew install kubernetes-cli

2. Install Podman

   🌏 Detailed Documentation for the Task

   brew install podman

3. Start Podman

   podman machine init --cpus 4 --memory 6666
   podman machine start

4. Install Minikube

   🌏 Detailed Documentation for the Task

   1. Install Minikube

      brew install minikube

   2. Start Minikube

      minikube start --driver=podman

🚀 TASK: Install prerequisites on Windows

1. Install CLI Tools

   🌏 Detailed Documentation for the Task

   curl.exe -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.26.0/bin/windows/amd64/kubectl.exe"

2. Install Podman

   🌏 Follow the official Documentation

3. Start Podman

   podman machine init --cpus 4 --memory 6666
   podman machine start

4. Install Minikube

   🌏 Detailed Documentation for the Task

   1. Download Minikube

      Download from here

   2. Start Minikube

      minikube start --driver=podman --insecure-registry "10.0.0.0/24"

5. Install some addons we will need later

   minikube addons enable registry    
   minikube addons enable ingress    
   minikube addons enable dashboard    
   minikube addons list|grep enabled

   | dashboard                   | minikube | enabled ✅   | Kubernetes                     |
   | default-storageclass        | minikube | enabled ✅   | Kubernetes                     |
   | ingress                     | minikube | enabled ✅   | Kubernetes                     |
   | registry                    | minikube | enabled ✅   | Google                         |
   | storage-provisioner         | minikube | enabled ✅   | Google                         |