minikube implements a local Kubernetes cluster on macOS, Linux, and Windows. minikube's primary goals are to be the best tool for local Kubernetes application development and to support all Kubernetes features that fit.
minikube runs the latest stable release of Kubernetes, with support for standard Kubernetes features like:
- LoadBalancer - using
minikube tunnel
- Multi-cluster - using
minikube start -p <name>
- NodePorts - using
minikube service
- Persistent Volumes
- Ingress
- Dashboard -
minikube dashboard
- Container runtimes -
start --container-runtime
- Configure apiserver and kubelet options via command-line flags
As well as developer-friendly features:
- Addons - a marketplace for developers to share configurations for running services on minikube
- NVIDIA GPU support - for machine learning
- Filesystem mounts
For more information, see the official minikube website
Installation methods can be found in the Getting Started Guide
See https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/
See our examples page
minikube is a Kubernetes #sig-cluster-lifecycle project.
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