Back to catalog
Minikube
Apache-2.0Run Kubernetes locally for development.
Open-source alternative to — compare it against:
Overview
minikube
minikube implements a local Kubernetes cluster on macOS, Linux, and Windows. minikube's primary goals are to be the best tool for local Kubernetes application development and to support all Kubernetes features that fit.
Features
minikube runs the latest stable release of Kubernetes, with support for standard Kubernetes features like:
- LoadBalancer - using
minikube tunnel - Multi-cluster - using
minikube start -p <name> - NodePorts - using
minikube service - Persistent Volumes
- Dashboard -
minikube dashboard - Container runtimes -
minikube start --container-runtime - Configure apiserver and kubelet options via command-line flags
- Supports common CI environments
As well as developer-friendly features:
- Addons - a marketplace for developers to share configurations for running services on minikube
- NVIDIA GPU support - for machine learning
- AMD GPU support - for machine learning
- Filesystem mounts
For more information, see the official minikube website
Installation
See the Getting Started Guide
:mega: Please fill out our fast 5-question survey so that we can learn how & why you use minikube, and what improvements we should make. Thank you! :dancers:
GitHub Codespace
You can run minikube in a GitHub Codespace by clicking here:
This will launch a Github Codespace. You can then run minikube start and minikube dashboard - You can then open Minikube Dashboard by clicking opening the link displayed in the terminal.
You can also run Minikube in a Dev Container locally using your favorite IDE, for more information see Dev Containers https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/devcontainers/containers
Documentation
See https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/
More Examples
See minikube in action in the controls handbook
Governance
Kubernetes project is governed by a framework of principles, values, policies and processes to help our community and constituents towards our shared goals.
The Kubernetes Community is the launching point for learning about how we organize ourselves.
The Kubernetes Steering community repo is used by the Kubernetes Steering Committee, which oversees governance of the Kubernetes project.
Community
minikube is a Kubernetes #sig-cluster-lifecycle project.
-
#minikube on Kubernetes Slack - Live chat with minikube developers!
Join our community meetings:
