kubernetes/minikube
Run Kubernetes locally
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Use Cases & Benefits
- Minikube enables running a local Kubernetes cluster on macOS, Linux, and Windows for development and testing purposes.
- Key features include support for LoadBalancer, multi-cluster, NodePorts, persistent volumes, ingress, dashboard, container runtimes, and GPU support.
- Strengths are its comprehensive Kubernetes feature support and developer-friendly addons; limitations include being designed primarily for local development, not production.
- Organizations can use Minikube to develop, test, and demo Kubernetes applications locally before deploying to production clusters.
- Ideal use cases include Kubernetes learning, local development, CI environment testing, and experimenting with Kubernetes features safely.
About minikube
minikube
minikube implements a local Kubernetes cluster on macOS, Linux, and Windows. minikube's primary goals are to be the best tool for local Kubernetes application development and to support all Kubernetes features that fit.
Features
minikube runs the latest stable release of Kubernetes, with support for standard Kubernetes features like:
- LoadBalancer - using
minikube tunnel - Multi-cluster - using
minikube start -p <name> - NodePorts - using
minikube service - Persistent Volumes
- Ingress
- Dashboard -
minikube dashboard - Container runtimes -
minikube start --container-runtime - Configure apiserver and kubelet options via command-line flags
- Supports common CI environments
As well as developer-friendly features:
- Addons - a marketplace for developers to share configurations for running services on minikube
- NVIDIA GPU support - for machine learning
- AMD GPU support - for machine learning
- Filesystem mounts
For more information, see the official minikube website
Installation
See the Getting Started Guide
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Documentation
See https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/
More Examples
See minikube in action here
Governance
Kubernetes project is governed by a framework of principles, values, policies and processes to help our community and constituents towards our shared goals.
The Kubernetes Community is the launching point for learning about how we organize ourselves.
The Kubernetes Steering community repo is used by the Kubernetes Steering Committee, which oversees governance of the Kubernetes project.
Community
minikube is a Kubernetes #sig-cluster-lifecycle project.
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