K8S installation on local windows machine
Minimum requirements :-
- 2 CPUs or more
- 2GB of free memory
- 20GB of free disk space
- Internet connection
- VirtualBox
Install minikube from the following url
👉 https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-installer.exe
Double click on installed file to start installation
👉 Accept the security warning
👉 Click on ok
👉 Click on next
👉 Click on I Agree
👉(Important) Keep a note of the destination folder
C:\Program Files\Kubernetes\Minikube
👉 Click on Next
👉Click on Finish
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Open the cmd or powershell in administrator mode
Now go to the installation folder that you were asked to keep note of it
👉 cd C:\Program Files\Kubernetes\Minikube
Make the virtualbox as default driver
👉 minikube config set driver virtualbox
Now start the minikube for further configuration -
👉 minikube start — driver=virtualbox
This will take time as per available internet speed so, sit and have a tea or coffee or have a light walk ☕☕😊
If everything goes fine you will see this
A new VM will be created inside VirtualBox
Download the following client program on same location -
👉curl -LO “https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.22.0/bin/windows/amd64/kubectl.exe"
Kubectl.exe will get installed to the current folder
Test the installation -
👉 kubectl get pods
Setting the class path for the Minikube folder
Copy the location
Search for Environment Variables in your start menu
👉 Click on Path
👉 Click on New and paste the copied address
C:\Program Files\Kubernetes\Minikube
Click on OK
Click on OK
Now close the cmd prompt and then open it again
normally
👉 kubectl get pods
To stop the cluster use
👉 minikube stop
For more insights refer official documentation
https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/start/
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