MiniKube

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Ubuntu Minikube VirtualBox

Install kubectl

sudo snap install juju --classic
sudo snap install kubectl --classic

Install and place minikube

Drop into /usr/local/bin/minikube

curl -Lo minikube https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/v0.24.1/minikube-linux-amd64 && chmod +x minikube && sudo mv minikube /usr/local/bin/

Start Minikube with VirtualBox

minikube start --vm-driver=virtualbox

Setup environment

eval $(minikube docker-env)
docker ps

Add bash completion for minikube and kubectl

kubectl completion bash >> ~/.bash_completion
minikube completion bash >> ~/.bash_completion
source ~/.bash_profile

Start a sample container

drew@drew-8570w:~$ kubectl run hello-minikube --image=k8s.gcr.io/echoserver:1.4 --port 8080
deployment "hello-minikube" created

Expose an endpoint into the container

drew@drew-8570w:~$ kubectl expose deployment hello-minikube --type=NodePort
service "hello-minikube" exposed
drew@drew-8570w:~$ kubectl get pod
NAME                              READY     STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
hello-minikube-7844bdb9c6-ntm28   1/1       Running   0          30s

drew@drew-8570w:~$ curl $(minikube service hello-minikube --url)
 curl http://192.168.99.100:31919

Notes

Start, drop, delete, checkout k8s dashboard, status, etc:

minikube get-k8s-versions

minikube stop

minikube delete

minikube dashboard

minikube status