minikube is an open-source tool, also a local Kubernetes focusing on making it easy to learn and develop for Kubernetes.
This tutorial will be helpful for beginners to install minikube on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04.
minikube system requirements
- 2 CPU or more
- 2 GB Free memory
- 20 GB disk space
- Container or Virtual machine manager
minikube supported kubernetes features
- DNS
- Dashboadrds
- Ingress
- Enabling container Network Interface
- configMaps and secrets
How to Install minikube on Ubuntu
Step 1: Make sure the system is up to date.
sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -yStep 2: Install the required dependencies
sudo apt install apt-transport-https curl wget -yStep 3: Install Virtualbox Hypervisor
sudo apt install virtualbox virtualbox-ext-packAccept the license agreement during the VirtualBox ext pack installation and also accept the Virtualbox PUEL License.
Download minikube and Install minikube on Ubuntu
wget https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube_latest_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i minikube_latest_amd64.debStep 4: Verify the minikube installation
Install Kubectl on the system
curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/`curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt`/bin/linux/amd64/kubectlStep 5: Make kubectl as an executable file and move it to the /usr/local/bin location
chmod 755 kubectl && sudo mv kubectl /usr/local/binStep 6: verify the Kubectl installation
kubectl version -o json
Start the minikube on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04
Execute the below command using a non-root user to start the minikube .
minikube startConclusion
From this tutorial, you have learned how to download and install minikube on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04
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