Installing Minikube
Minikube is a tool that lets you run Kubernetes locally. It's ideal for development and testing environments.
Prerequisites:
- Virtualization support (e.g., VirtualBox, Hyper-V, or Docker)
- kubectl installed
Installation:
# macOS with Homebrew
brew install minikube
# Ubuntu
curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64
sudo install minikube-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/minikube
Start Your Cluster:
minikube start
This creates a single-node Kubernetes cluster locally.