minikube Installation

Install minikube to run a Kubernetes cluster

The following guide will enable you to install minikube on your local dev machines.

Note: this software installation guide is specifically for running minikube in AMD64 architecture. Other architectures, such as ARM, are not supported at this time.

For more information please see minikube documentation.

Prerequisites

• Install Docker
  
  
• Assign the following resources in Docker Desktop under Settings -> Resources.
  
  
  • Minimum Resources:
    • 8 CPUs
    • 16 GB Free Disk Space
      
      
• Delete any preexisting minikube configurations:

minikube delete --all --purge

Install minikube

• Windows
• Mac
• Linux

Install minikube on Windows

1. Download and install minikube.

2. If you're shown a prompt warning from Windows SmartScreen saying 'Unknown publisher', click Run anyway and complete installation.

3. Start minikube by running the command below in a command prompt or powershell.

minikube start

4. Verify if you can interact with the cluster using kubectl.

kubectl get ns

Install minikube on Mac

Note: Apple silicon is not currently supported.

1. Install minikube using Brew.

brew install minikube

2. Check if minikube is added to the path.

which minikube

3. Configure minikube with the minimum required resources.

minikube config set memory max
minikube config set cpus 8

4. Start minikube.

minikube start

5. Check status.

minikube status

6. Verify if you can interact with the cluster using kubectl.

kubectl get ns

Install Minikube on Linux

1. Download the minikube binary and install it.

curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64
sudo install minikube-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/minikube

2. Check if minikube is added to the path.

which minikube

3. Configure required resources.

minikube config set cpus 8
minikube config set memory max
minikube config set disk-size 20g
minikube config set driver docker

4. Start minikube.

minikube start --driver=docker --force

5. Check status.

minikube status

6. Verify if you can interact with the cluster using kubectl.

kubectl get ns

Once you have successfully installed minikube, you are now ready to install Glasswall Halo via minikube.