minikube

2 min read | by Jordi Prats

minikube is local Kubernetes intended to make it easy to learn and develop for Kubernetes available on macOS, Linux, and Windows

Alternatives

• Install and setup kind: kind can be used as a minikube alternative

arm64

• Install minikube on Apple M1 with colima: With colima we can run minikube using docker on Apple M1

Commands

• minikube: connect to cluster node: Using minikube ssh we can connect to it's clusters nodes
• minikube image ls: Using the minikube image command we can retrieve all the images it is using
• minikube: mount host directory: Using the minikube mount command we can share local files with Pods running on minikube
• minikube: Get NodePort URL: How to connect to a NodePort service in a minikube cluster

Cluster configuration

• minikube: multiple clusters: Using profiles we can create multiple Kubernetes clusters using minikube
• Multinode kubernetes cluster using minikube: Minikube can setup a local multi node Kubernetes cluster

Addons

• minikube addons: NGINX Ingress Controller: To have a nginx ingress controller on a minikube is as easy as enabling an addon