Installation of Minikube

Step 1: Create EC2 instances

• Click on "Launch instance" on EC2 Dashboard.

• Give name&tag > Select "Ubuntu" AMI

• Select instance type "t2.medium" > Create new key-pair

• ✅ Allow all traffic in "Network Settings" & Configure Storage "10" gb and click on "Launch Instance".

Step 2: ✅ The instance and click on "Connect".

Step 3: Connect instance through "EC2 instance connect".

Step 4: Update System Packages

sudo apt update

Step 5: Install some basic Required Packages

sudo apt install -y curl wget apt-transport-https

Step 6: Install Docker (Minikube can run a Kubernetes cluster either in a VM or locally via Docker. This guide demonstrates the Docker method.)

sudo apt install -y docker.io

Step 7: Start and enable Docker.

sudo systemctl enable --now docker

Step 8: Add current user to docker group (To use docker without root)

sudo chown $USER /var/run/docker.sock

Step 9: Install Minikube

curl -Lo minikube https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64

Step 10: Make it executable and move it into your path

chmod +x minikube
sudo mv minikube /usr/local/bin/

Step 11: Install kubectl(Download kubectl, which is a Kubernetes command-line tool)

curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"

Step 12: Make it executable and move it into your path

chmod +x kubectl
sudo mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/

Step 13: Start Minikube

minikube start

Step 14: Check Cluster Status OR You can also usekubectlto interact with your cluster

minikube status
kubectl get nodes

Step 15: Check docker container

docker ps

Step 16: Move inside docker container

docker exec -it <container id> bash

Step 17: List down all files

ls

Step 18: Check docker container(You will see all docker container like API-server, etcd, Controller manager, Scheduler)

docker ps

Step 19: Exit from container

exit

Congratulations! You've successfully installed Minikube on your system. With Minikube, you can now create a local Kubernetes cluster and start deploying and managing containerized applications right on your machine. This setup is perfect for development, testing, and learning Kubernetes without needing a cloud provider.

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