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Minikube Installation on Windows/local System.

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for installing Minikube on windows with pre-requisites. Minikube allows you to run a single-node Kubernetes cluster locally for development and testing purposes.

Pre-requisites

  • Windows os
  • Internet connection
  • Container manager : Docker
  • kubernetes cmd : kubectl

Step 1: Docker Installation

visit the below link to download and install the docker desktop.

  https://docs.docker.com/desktop/install/windows-install/

It will require a RESTART.

Now open cmd and check installation.

  docker --version


  output:
  Docker version 27.0.3, build 7d4bcd8

successfully installed docker on windows.

Step 2: Minikube Installation

Now open poweshell and run below 2 commands.

New-Item -Path 'c:\' -Name 'minikube' -ItemType Directory -Force
Invoke-WebRequest -OutFile 'c:\minikube\minikube.exe' -Uri 'https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases/latest/download/minikube-windows-amd64.exe' -UseBasicParsing

$oldPath = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('Path', [EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine)
if ($oldPath.Split(';') -inotcontains 'C:\minikube'){
  [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path', $('{0};C:\minikube' -f $oldPath), [EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine)
}

check the installation by

minikube version


output:
minikube version: v1.33.1
commit: 5883c09216182566a63dff4c326a6fc9ed2982ff

Step 3: Run Minikube

  • Open powershell run below cmd to create brand new cluster.
minikube start

Step 4: Install kubectl With Curl

  • Open powershell run below command to interact with your brand new cluster.
  • Install curl if not availabe bydefault it is present.
curl.exe -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.30.0/bin/windows/amd64/kubectl.exe"

Step 5: Play With Your Cluster.

kubectl get nodes


output: 
NAME       STATUS   ROLES           AGE     VERSION
minikube   Ready    control-plane   3m54s   v1.30.0

This shows your single node cluster in up and running.

Step 6: Don't Forget to Stop & Delete Minikube.

When you are done, you can stop the Minikube cluster with:

minikube stop

If you wish to delete the Minikube cluster entirely, you can do so with:

minikube delete

That's it! You've successfully installed Minikube on Windows, and you can now start deploying Kubernetes applications for development and testing.