Minikube on Windows 10

Provider

The tutorial and explanation is also posted on the NETBEARS company blog. You might want to check the website out for more tutorials like this.

Steps

• Enable Hyper-V from BIOS
• Install Docker for Windows
• Download kubectl + add to path
• Download minikube + add to path
• Configure NEW Hyper-V switch (type = "external")
• Launch docker machine within new hyper-v switch

docker-machine create --driver hyperv --hyperv-virtual-switch "EXTERNAL virtual switch" --hyperv-memory 2048  training

(with "Run as administrator" privileges)

• Connect to docker-machine

docker-machine env training | Invoke-Expression

• Start minikube cluster with

minikube.exe start --kubernetes-version="v1.5.2" --vm-driver="hyperv" --memory=2048 --hyperv-virtual-switch="EXTERNAL virtual switch" --v=7 --alsologtostderr

(with "Run as administrator")

• Get minikube and kubectl status

minikube status

PS :

• If "localkube:Stopped" then :

minikube stop
minikube start

Final notes

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