Installing Minikube
Minikube is a single node Kubernetes cluster that you can install anywhere. I used macOS here, but, in the past, I used it successfully on Windows too. Before installing Minikube itself, you must install a hypervisor. I prefer HyperKit:
$ curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/docker-machine-driver-hyperkit \
&& chmod +x docker-machine-driver-hyperkit \
&& sudo mv docker-machine-driver-hyperkit /usr/local/bin/ \
&& sudo chown root:wheel /usr/local/bin/docker-machine-driver-hyperkit \
&& sudo chmod u+s /usr/local/bin/docker-machine-driver-hyperkit
But, I've run into trouble with HyperKit from time to time. If you can't overcome the issues, I suggest using VirtualBox as the hypervisor instead. Run the following command to install VirtualBox via Homebrew:
$ brew cask install virtualbox
Now, you can install Minikube itself. Homebrew is the best way to go again:
brew cask install minikube
If you're not on macOS, follow the official instructions here: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-minikube/.
Minikube supports multiple versions of Kubernetes. At the moment, the default version is 1.10.0, but 1.13.0 is already out and supported, so let's use that version:
$ minikube start --vm-driver=hyperkit --kubernetes-version=v1.13.0
If you're using VirtualBox as your hypervisor, you don't need to specify --vm-driver:
$ minikube start --kubernetes-version=v1.13.0
You should see the following:
$ minikube start --kubernetes-version=v1.13.0
Starting local Kubernetes v1.13.0 cluster...
Starting VM...
Downloading Minikube ISO
178.88 MB / 178.88 MB [============================================] 100.00% 0s
Getting VM IP address...
E0111 07:47:46.013804 18969 start.go:211] Error parsing version semver: Version string empty
Moving files into cluster...
Downloading kubeadm v1.13.0
Downloading kubelet v1.13.0
Finished Downloading kubeadm v1.13.0
Finished Downloading kubelet v1.13.0
Setting up certs...
Connecting to cluster...
Setting up kubeconfig...
Stopping extra container runtimes...
Starting cluster components...
Verifying kubelet health ...
Verifying apiserver health ...Kubectl is now configured to use the cluster.
Loading cached images from config file.
Everything looks great. Please enjoy minikube!
At this point, your Minikube cluster is ready to go.