Using minikube to set up a single node Kubernetes cluster

Creating a Kubernetes cluster using minikube is the easiest way to spin up a local Kubernetes cluster and it can be achieved in a matter of minutes. Here’s what you need to do.

Installing minikube

Follow these steps to install minikube:

1. On your local or cloud-based Linux VM, use the curl command to retrieve the minikube binary, and then install it under /usr/local/bin/minikube as follows:

   curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64
   sudo install minikube-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/minikube

2. You can go to /usr/local/bin/minikube to check whether you have successfully installed the minikube binary before moving to the next steps or you can also check by typing the following command into the terminal:

   minikube –-help

Using minikube to provision a single node Kubernetes cluster

Follow these steps to use minikube to provision a single node Kubernetes...