Kubernetes minikube installation - Roche-Olivier/Samples-examples GitHub Wiki
Prerequisites
- 'Docker desktop' needs to be installed.
Checks
- Make sure there is no .minikube file in the path : c:\Users\{username}.minikube (~/.minikube )
- Kubernetes is not started via your desktop app 'Docker desktop'
- The docker daemon is running.
Set up a new virtual private switch
In your 'Hyper-V Manager', open the Virtual switch manager, and add the following VPS
- Primary Virtual Switch
- External network
Now you have a new network called Primary Virtual Switch
Downloading and installing minikube
The page:
The exe
https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/v1.1.1/minikube-windows-amd64.exe
Download minikube for windows and save it.
Save the file to a relevant folder for example 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Kubernetes\Minikube'. ( Create your own path , this does not have to be the path its is merely an example )
Rename the file to minikube.exe
Now add this directory to your path.
To test that the minikube command is working correctly , open a command prompt and type the following command
> minikube version
You should get the version number back like this
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> minikube version
minikube version: v1.1.1
minikube is now ready to be used, but we first need to set up the VM to integrate to kubernetes
Creating the VM that will run minikube
We will now create a new VM called minikube , that will run kubernetes v1.10.11 and use the vitual switch "Primary Virtual Switch" as its networking interface.
Type in the following command on an administrator privileged power-shell window
minikube start --vm-driver=hyperv --kubernetes-version="v1.10.11" --hyperv-virtual-switch="Primary Virtual Switch" --memory 2048
Please note do not decrease the
memory 2048, it will cause an out of memory error.
The output should be something like this :
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> minikube start --vm-driver=hyperv --kubernetes-version="v1.10.11" --hyperv-virtual-switch="Prima
ry Virtual Switch" --memory 2048
* minikube v1.1.1 on windows (amd64)
* Creating hyperv VM (CPUs=2, Memory=2048MB, Disk=20000MB) ...
* Configuring environment for Kubernetes v1.10.11 on Docker 18.09.6
* Pulling images ...
* Unable to pull images, which may be OK: pull command is not supported by kubeadm v1.10.11
* Launching Kubernetes ...
* Verifying: apiserver proxy etcd scheduler controller dns
* Done! kubectl is now configured to use "minikube"
You can now open your dashboard by typing the following command:
> minikube dashboard
This will open a web page with your Kubernetes cluster