Setting Up a Single-Node Kubernetes Cluster with Minikube

Requirements for Running Minikube

• Minikube runs as a VM
• To run Minikube on our workstation/laptop, we need
  • kubectl, is a binary to access any Kubernetes cluster
  • On macOS
    • xhyve driver
    • VirtualBox or VMware Fusion hypervisors
  • On Linux
    • VirtualBox or KVM hypervisors
  • On Windows
    • VirtualBox or Hyper-V hypervisors
  • VT-x/AMD-v virtualization must be enabled in BIOS
  • Internet connection on first run.

Installation

VirtualBox, xhyve-driver, kubectl, minikube

$ brew cask install virtualbox

$ brew install docker-machine-driver-xhyve

# docker-machine-driver-xhyve need root owner and uid
$ sudo chown root:wheel $(brew --prefix)/opt/docker-machine-driver-xhyve/bin/docker-machine-driver-xhyve
$ sudo chmod u+s $(brew --prefix)/opt/docker-machine-driver-xhyve/bin/docker-machine-driver-xhyve

$ brew install kubectl

$ brew cask install minikube

Running minikube

$ minikube start
Starting local Kubernetes v1.6.4 cluster...
Starting VM...
Downloading Minikube ISO
 90.95 MB / 90.95 MB [==============================================] 100.00% 0s
Moving files into cluster...
Setting up certs...
Starting cluster components...
Connecting to cluster...
Setting up kubeconfig...
Kubectl is now configured to use the cluster.

$ minikube status
minikube: Running
localkube: Running
kubectl: Correctly Configured: pointing to minikube-vm at 192.168.99.100

$ minikube stop