How to Install Minikube on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS – Single-Node Kubernetes Cluster
Learn how to install Minikube on Ubuntu 24.04 and set up a single-node Kubernetes cluster with this step-by-step tutorial! This guide covers everything from installing updates and Docker and configuring Minikube and verifying your installation. Follow along to get your Kubernetes cluster up and running smoothly.
**Steps Covered in This Tutorial:**
1. **Install Updates**
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y curl wget apt-transport-https ca-certificates
sudo apt upgrade -y
2. **Install Docker**
– Add Docker Official GPG Key
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
– Add Docker APT Repository
echo “deb [arch=$(dpkg –print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(. /etc/os-release && echo “$VERSION_CODENAME”) stable” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin -y
– Add Local User to Docker Group
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
newgrp docker
docker –version
systemctl status docker
3. **Download and Install Minikube Binary**
– For arm64
curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-arm64
sudo install minikube-linux-arm64 /usr/local/bin/minikube && rm minikube-linux-arm64
– For x86_64
curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64
sudo install minikube-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/minikube && rm minikube-linux-amd64
Check minikube version
minikube version
4. **Install kubectl**
– For x86_64
curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/`curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt`/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
– For arm64
curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/`curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt`/bin/linux/arm64/kubectl
chmod +x kubectl
sudo mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/
kubectl version -o yaml
5. **Start Minikube**
minikube start –driver=docker
or
minikube start –memory 4096 –cpus 2 –driver docker
minikube status
kubectl cluster-info
kubectl get nodes
6. **Manage Minikube addons for extended functionality**
minikube addons list
minikube addons enable [addons-name]
7. **Verify Minikube Installation by deploying a sample Nginx application**
kubectl create deployment nginx-app –image=nginx
kubectl get deployments.apps nginx-app
kubectl get pods
kubectl expose deployment nginx-app –name=nginx-app-svc –type=NodePort –port=80
kubectl get svc nginx-app-svc
minikube service nginx-app-svc –url
8. **Stop, Start, and Delete Minikube**
minikube stop
minikube start
minikube delete
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Bonus: Learn valuable tips throughout the process!
Keywords: Minikube, Kubernetes, Ubuntu 24.04, Single-Node Kubernetes Cluster, Docker, kubectl, Nginx Deployment, minikube addons
**Timestamps:**
0:04 Introduction
0:14 What is Minikube
2:45 Install Docker
5:56 Download and Install Minikube Binary
7:16 Installing Kubectl Utility
8:33 Start Minikube Cluster
10:47 Managing Minikube addons
13:01 Verify Minikube Installation
16:04 Stop, Start and Delete Minikube
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