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Install minikube

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, QEMU, Hyperkit, Hyper-V, KVM, Parallels, Podman, VirtualBox, or VMware Fusion/Workstation

  • Installation

To install the latest minikube stable release on x86-64 Linux using binary download:

curl -LO https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases/latest/download/minikube-linux-amd64
sudo install minikube-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/minikube && rm minikube-linux-amd64
  1. Start your cluster

From a terminal with administrator access (but not logged in as root), run:

minikube start
  1. Enable ingress addon:
minikube addons enable ingress
  1. Manage your cluster

Pause Kubernetes without impacting deployed applications:

minikube pause

Unpause a paused instance:

minikube unpause

Halt the cluster:

minikube stop

Change the default memory limit (requires a restart):

minikube config set memory 9001

Browse the catalog of easily installed Kubernetes services:

minikube addons list

Create a second cluster running an older Kubernetes release:

minikube start -p aged --kubernetes-version=v1.34.0

Delete all of the minikube clusters:

minikube delete --all

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