Running minikube start

With our environment variables set, we're finally ready to run minikube start:

$ sudo -E minikube start --vm-driver=noneStarting local Kubernetes v1.10.0 cluster...Starting VM...Getting VM IP address...Moving files into cluster...Setting up certs...Connecting to cluster...Setting up kubeconfig...Starting cluster components...Kubectl is now configured to use the cluster.

This command performs several operations under the hood:

  • Provisions any VMs (if we're using VM). This is done internally by libmachine from Docker Machine.
  • Sets up configuration files and certificates under ./kube and ./minikube.
  • Starts up the local Kubernetes cluster using localkube.
  • Configures kubectl to communicate with this cluster.

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