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Kubernetes Setup

Installing Minikube

https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/start

Installing kubectl

https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/

Don't forget autocompletion!

Setting up a Local Kubernetes Cluster

Start Minikube:
```
> minikube start
```
warning
If you have VirtualBox or VMWare(?), minikube defaults to using them over docker. This might be fine on your machine, but for some this operation will fail due to some configuration issues inside the BIOS. The simple solution is to tell minikube to use docker as the driver.
> minikube start --driver=docker
Verify the cluster status:
```
> minikube status
> kubectl cluster-info
```

Enable necessary addons:

> minikube addons enable ingress
> minikube addons enable dashboard

Access the Kubernetes dashboard:
```
> minikube dashboard
```

Deploy a sample application:

> kubectl create deployment hello-minikube --image=k8s.gcr.io/echoserver:1.10
> kubectl expose deployment hello-minikube --type=NodePort --port=8080

Access the deployed application:
```
> minikube service hello-minikube
```
A browser should have launched showing you some information about the sample application. Optionally, you can play with the app using curl:
```
> curl 127.0.0.1:<YOUR PORT HERE> -d "edit me"
```

Clean up:

> kubectl delete service hello-minikube
> kubectl delete deployment hello-minikube

Stop the Minikube cluster:
```
> minikube stop
```

Installing Minikube
Installing kubectl
Setting up a Local Kubernetes Cluster