Minikube
Minikube lets you quickly setup a local Kubernetes cluster. It supports the use of Virtual Machines, containers and even bare metal as its driver.
Installation
Install minikube or minikube-gitAUR for those that prefer the latest development version.
Usage
QEMU
To use minikube with QEMU, the following packages are required:
Additionally the current user needs to be in the libvirt
user group.
Start the libvirtd.service
unit and check its unit status for any issues.
Then set the kvm2 provider in minikube:
$ minikube config set driver kvm2
And start it:
$ minikube start
Rootless Docker
See Docker#Rootless Docker daemon for docker setup.
Configure Internet sharing#Enable packet forwarding to allow outbound network requests from pods.
Start minikube:
$ minikube start --driver=docker --container-runtime=containerd
Test network:
$ kubectl run -it --rm --restart=Never --image alpine tmp -- sh > ping 1.1.1.1 > ping archlinux.org > ping host.minikube.internal
Rootless Podman
See Podman#Rootless Podman for rootless Podman setup.
Configure minikube before starting it:
$ minikube config set rootless true $ minikube config set driver podman $ minikube config set container-runtime cri-o
Start minikube:
$ minikube start
See also
- Hello Minikube – Kubernetes tutorial