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Minikube Installation Guide

Complete guide for installing Minikube for local Kubernetes development across different operating systems.

Minikube is a tool that makes it easy to run Kubernetes locally. It runs a single-node Kubernetes cluster inside a VM on your laptop.

Prerequisites

  • 2 CPUs or more
  • 2GB of free memory
  • 20GB of free disk space
  • Internet connection
  • Container or virtual machine manager (Docker, VirtualBox, etc.)

Installation Instructions

Ubuntu/Debian Installation

# Install required packages
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y curl wget apt-transport-https
 
# Download Minikube binary
curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64
 
# Install Minikube
sudo install minikube-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/minikube
 
# Install kubectl
curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
sudo install kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
 
# Start Minikube
minikube start
 
# Verify installation
minikube status
kubectl get nodes

Basic Usage

Starting Minikube

# Start with default configuration
minikube start
 
# Start with specific Kubernetes version
minikube start --kubernetes-version=v1.24.0
 
# Start with more resources
minikube start --cpus=4 --memory=8192mb
 
# Start with specific driver
minikube start --driver=docker

Managing Addons

# List available addons
minikube addons list
 
# Enable an addon
minikube addons enable dashboard
minikube addons enable ingress
 
# Access dashboard
minikube dashboard

Working with Docker

# Point shell to minikube's Docker daemon
eval $(minikube docker-env)
 
# Build image using minikube's Docker
docker build -t my-app .
 
# Revert to host's Docker
eval $(minikube docker-env -u)

Troubleshooting

Advanced Configuration

1. Multiple Clusters

# Create named cluster
minikube start -p cluster2
 
# Switch between clusters
minikube profile cluster2
 
# List all clusters
minikube profile list

2. Networking

# Access service
minikube service my-service
 
# Get service URL
minikube service my-service --url
 
# Enable ingress
minikube addons enable ingress

3. Persistent Storage

# Create PersistentVolume
kubectl apply -f - <<EOF
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolume
metadata:
  name: pv0001
spec:
  accessModes:
    - ReadWriteOnce
  capacity:
    storage: 1Gi
  hostPath:
    path: /data/pv0001/
EOF

Best Practices

  1. Resource Management

    # Monitor resource usage
minikube dashboard
kubectl top nodes
kubectl top pods

  2. Image Management

    # Cache images
minikube cache add nginx:latest
minikube cache list

  3. Backup Configuration

    # Export cluster config
kubectl get all --all-namespaces -o yaml > cluster-backup.yaml

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