A quick single-node cluster with Minikube
In this section, we will create a single-node cluster on Windows. The reason we will use Windows is that Minikube and single-node clusters are most useful for local developer machines. While Kubernetes is typically deployed on Linux in production, many developers work on Windows PCs or Macs. That said, there aren't too many differences if you do want to install Minikube on Linux:
Getting ready
There are some prerequisites to install before you can create the cluster itself. These include VirtualBox, the kubectl command-line interface for Kubernetes, and, of course, Minikube itself. Here is a list of the latest versions at the time of writing:
On Windows
Install VirtualBox and make sure kubectl and Minikube are on your path. I personally just throw all the command-line programs...
