Minikube

If you want to set up the kubernetes cluster in the local system environment then you may use minikube along with a virtual box. It will create the cluster in local system environment.

Install minikube on ubuntu

First update your system with the below command and install the required packages

sudo apt-get update -y

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https

Now install the virtual box with the below command

sudo apt install virtualbox virtualbox-ext-pack

Press OK for the accepting the license agreement

Now select yes and press enter

Now wait for few minutes till it get completed.

Execute the below command to install minikube

wget https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64

Now copy and move the fie to /usr/local/bin directory

sudo cp minikube-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/minikube

Now provide executable permissions to the file

sudo chmod 777 /usr/local/bin/minikube

Now install kubectl with the below command

curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/`curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt`/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl

If you see an error which says curl command not found then install curl first with the below command and then execute the above command again.

sudo apt install curl -y

Now provide executable permissions to kubectl with the below command and move it to /usr/local/bin directory

chmod +x ./kubectl && sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl

Once you are done with these steps execute below command to start minikube, it will first install minikube iso file from an online source and create kubernetes cluster in local system environment.

minikube start

For accessing the kubernetes dashboard just simply execute

minikube dashboard