What is minikube?
Ans:- Minikube is a tool which quickly sets up a local Kubernetes cluster on macOS, Linux, and Windows. It can deploy as a VM, a container, or on bare-metal.Minikube is a pared-down version of Kubernetes that gives you all the benefits of Kubernetes with a lot less effort.This makes it an interesting option for users who are new to containers, and also for projects in the world of edge computing and the Internet of Things.
Features of minikube
Ans :-
(a) Supports the latest Kubernetes release (+6 previous minor versions)
(b) Cross-platform (Linux, macOS, Windows)
(c) Deploy as a VM, a container, or on bare-metal
(d) Multiple container runtimes (CRI-O, containerd, docker)
(e) Direct API endpoint for blazing fast image load and build
(f) Advanced features such as LoadBalancer, filesystem mounts, FeatureGates, and network policy
(g) Addons for easily installed Kubernetes applications
(h) Supports common CI environments
🎯Task-01:
✔️Install minikube on your local
Step 1: Update System Packages
sudo apt update
Step 2: Install Required Packages
sudo apt install -y curl wget apt-transport-https
Step 3: Install Docker
sudo apt-get install docker.io
Start and enable Docker.
sudo systemctl enable --now docker
Add current user to docker group (To use docker without root)
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER && newgrp docker
Now, logout (use exit command) and connect again.
Step 4: Install Minikube
curl -Lo minikube https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64
Make it executable and move it into your path:
chmod +x minikube
sudo mv minikube /usr/local/bin/
Step 5: Install kubectl
curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
Check above image ⬆️ Make it executable and move it into your path:
chmod +x kubectl
sudo mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/
Step 6: Start Minikube
minikube start --driver=docker
Step 8: Stop Minikube
When you are done, you can stop the Minikube cluster with:
minikube stop
✔️Let's understand the concept pod
Ans:-
Pods are the smallest deployable units of computing that you can create and manage in Kubernetes.
A Pod (as in a pod of whales or pea pod) is a group of one or more containers, with shared storage and network resources, and a specification for how to run the containers. A Pod's contents are always co-located and co-scheduled, and run in a shared context. A Pod models an application-specific "logical host": it contains one or more application containers which are relatively tightly coupled.
You can read more about pod from here .
🎯Task-02:
✔️Create your first pod on Kubernetes through minikube.
We are suggesting you make an nginx pod
Step 1: Create manifest file
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
name: nginx
spec:
containers:
- name: nginx
image: nginx:1.14.2
ports:
- containerPort: 80
Step 2: Run the pod.yml file
📚Happy Learning :)