Utilizing MicroK8s
If you don’t have more than one machine or enough memory on your laptop or desktop to run multiple nodes inside virtualization software such as VirtualBox, MicroK8s is a simple way to set up a Kubernetes instance for testing the platform, as well as going through the examples in this chapter. MicroK8s is actually provided by Canonical, the makers of Ubuntu. That just goes to show you how important Kubernetes is to the Ubuntu distribution, its own creator is going the extra mile to contribute to the platform. MicroK8s is available for Linux, macOS, as well as Windows. So regardless of which operating system you’re running on your laptop or desktop, you should be able to install and use it. If nothing else, it gives you a great test installation of Kubernetes that will come in handy as you learn.
To set it up, follow along with one of the subsections below that matches the operating system installed on your computer.
