Running locally using Docker and Minikube (local Kubernetes)

Requirements:

• Linux or MacOS
• Docker Engine
• Minikube
• Kubectl
• Skaffold

How to setup:

• Clone this repository git clone https://github.com/charisschomba/setup-kubernetes-localhost.git
• Setup kubernetes cluster.
  • minikube start --profile custom
  • skaffold config set --global local-cluster true
  • eval $(minikube -p custom docker-env)

Note

• For linux users start minikube with kvm driver

  • minikube start --driver=kvm2 --profile custom
  • skaffold config set --global local-cluster true
  • eval $(minikube -p custom docker-env)

  KVM2 installation

• Navigate to setup-kubernetes-localhost and run skaffold dev to configure deployments, pods and service in the kubernetes cluster.

• Edit hosts file to redirect posts.com to minikube ip.

• First get minikube ip by running minikube ip

• Enable ingress controller. minikube addons enable ingress

• Add this [Minikube ip] posts.com

• Open hosts file, sudo nano /etc/hosts

• Add this [Minikube ip] posts.com

  Testing

  • Navigate to the browser navigate to posts.com