Minikube is local Kubernetes, focusing on making it easy to learn and develop for Kubernetes.
All you need is Docker (or similarly compatible) container or a Virtual Machine environment, and Kubernetes is a single command away: minikube start
What you’ll need
2 CPUs or more
2GB of free memory
20GB of free disk space
Internet connection
Container or virtual machine manager, such as: Docker, Hyperkit, Hyper-V, KVM, Parallels, Podman, VirtualBox, or VMWare
Highlights
Supports the latest Kubernetes release (+6 previous minor versions)
Cross-platform (Linux, macOS, Windows)
Deploy as a VM, a container, or on bare-metal
Multiple container runtimes (CRI-O, containerd, docker)
Docker API endpoint for blazing fast image pushes
Advanced features such as LoadBalancer, filesystem mounts, and FeatureGates
Addons for easily installed Kubernetes applications
Supports common CI environments
Kubectl
Use kubectl inside minikube
By default, kubectl gets configured to access the kubernetes cluster control plane inside minikube when the minikube start command is executed.
Accessing apps
How to access applications running within minikube
There are two major categories of services in Kubernetes:
minikube supports either.
Addons
Details on maintained minikube addons
Addons are maintained extensions of minikube used for added functionality for Kubernetes.
Dashboard
Dashboard
minikube has integrated support for the Kubernetes Dashboard UI.
Overview
The Dashboard is a web-based Kubernetes user interface. You can use it to:
deploy containerized applications to a Kubernetes cluster
troubleshoot your containerized application
manage the cluster resources
get an overview of applications running on your cluster
creating or modifying individual Kubernetes resources (such as Deployments, Jobs, DaemonSets, etc)
For example, you can scale a Deployment, initiate a rolling update, restart a pod or deploy new applications using a deploy wizard.
Basic usage
