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Distributed Systems with Node.js
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Distributed Systems with Node.js

by Thomas Hunter
November 2020
Intermediate to advanced
388 pages
11h 1m
English
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Appendix C. Installing Minikube & Kubectl

Kubernetes is a complete container orchestration platform, allowing engineers to run a fleet of containers across multiple machines. Minikube is a simplified version that makes the process of running it locally on a single machine easier. The official Kubernetes docs maintain an Install Tools page with installation instructions, but installation instructions have been repeated here for your reference.

Linux: Debian Package and Precompiled Binary

Minikube is available by installing a Debian package (RPM packages are also available). Kubectl, on the other hand, can be installed by downloading a binary and putting it in your $PATH. Run the following commands to install Minikube and Kubectl on a Debian-based (including Ubuntu) machine:

$ curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases\
/latest/minikube_1.9.1-0_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i minikube_1.9.1-0_amd64.deb
$ curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release\
/release/v1.18.2/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
$ chmod +x ./kubectl
$ sudo mv kubectl /usr/bin/

macOS: Install via Homebrew

Docker Desktop already comes with Kubernetes! That said, by default it’s disabled. To enable it, launch the Docker Desktop tool by clicking the Docker icon in your menu bar and then clicking the Preferences option. In the screen that comes up, click the Kubernetes tab. Finally, click the Enable Kubernetes checkbox and then click Apply & Restart. It may take a couple of minutes, but the UI should ...

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