minikube.md

Contents

• Install minikube
• Configuration
  • Get list of keys
  • View current config keys and values
  • Get config key value
  • Set config key a new value
• Usage
  • Create cluster and start
  • Addons
    • List available addons
    • Install addon
  • Dashboard addon
    • Create and run dashboard
  • Network and connection
    • Connect via service
    • Connect using tunnel
  • Add nodes to minikube cluster
• Cleanup

Install minikube

Get the latest release for your operating system https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases

Configuration

Get list of keys

minikube config

View current config keys and values

minikube config view

Get config key value

minikube config get driver

Set config key a new value

minikube config set driver docker

Usage

Create cluster and start

To create and start earlier created cluster Run

minikube start --driver=docker --nodes=1

Cluster will be automatically added to your kubectl config as a default context

Get status of cluset

minikube status

Stop cluster

minikube stop

Addons

List available addons

minikube addons list

Install addon

minikube addons enable metrics-server

Dashboard addon

Create and run dashboard

minikube dashboard

Network and connection

Connect via service

List available services in namespace default

minikube service list -n default

Connect service service-name to localhost port

minikube service -n default service-name

Connect using tunnel

You can create tunnel to a minikube service. Service should be only loadBalancer type

List available services in namespace default

minikube tunnel list -n default

Connect

minikube tunnel -n default

Add nodes to minikube cluster

Before adding be aware of:

• kubernetes/minikube#8055
• kubernetes/minikube#10382

minikube node add

Cleanup

# Stop cluster nodes
minikube stop

# Delete nodes resources
minikube delete
# or
docker rm minikube
docker rm minikube-m02
docker network prune
docker volume prune

# Delete local config and keys
rm -rf ~/.minikube/