Set up a Minikube cluster

Prerequisites

• Install:
  • Docker
  • kubectl
  • Minikube
• For Windows:
  • Enable Virtualization in BIOS
  • Install Hyper-V

Start the Minikube cluster

1. If applicable for your project, set the default VM.

   minikube config set vm-driver [driver_name]
   

2. Start the cluster. If necessary, specify version 1.13.x or newer of Kubernetes with --kubernetes-version

   minikube start --cpus=4 --memory=4096
   

3. Enable the Minikube dashboard and ingress add-ons.

   # Enable dashboard
   minikube addons enable dashboard
   
   # Enable ingress
   minikube addons enable ingress
   

Install Helm v3 (optional)

If you are using Helm, install the Helm v3 client.

Troubleshooting

The external IP address of load balancer is not shown from kubectl get svc.

In Minikube, EXTERNAL-IP in kubectl get svc shows <pending> state for your service. In this case, you can run minikube service [service_name] to open your service without external IP address.

$ kubectl get svc
NAME                        TYPE           CLUSTER-IP       EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)            AGE
...
calculator-front-end        LoadBalancer   10.103.98.37     <pending>     80:30534/TCP       25h
calculator-front-end-dapr   ClusterIP      10.107.128.226   <none>        80/TCP,50001/TCP   25h
...

$ minikube service calculator-front-end
|-----------|----------------------|-------------|---------------------------|
| NAMESPACE |         NAME         | TARGET PORT |            URL            |
|-----------|----------------------|-------------|---------------------------|
| default   | calculator-front-end |             | http://192.168.64.7:30534 |
|-----------|----------------------|-------------|---------------------------|
🎉  Opening kubernetes service  default/calculator-front-end in default browser...

Related links

• Try out a Dapr quickstart
• Learn how to deploy Dapr on your cluster
• Upgrade Dapr on Kubernetes
• Kubernetes production guidelines