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Creating a Local Kubernetes Cluster with minikube

Explore how to create a local Kubernetes cluster with Minikube by starting a virtual machine that includes all necessary Kubernetes components. Understand the setup process, verify the cluster status, and get a brief introduction to the Kubernetes dashboard. This lesson helps you gain practical experience in running Kubernetes locally for development and experimentation.

Starting minikube to create a cluster

minikube has made creating a cluster as easy as it can get. All we need to do is to execute a single command. Minikube will start a virtual machine locally and deploy the necessary Kubernetes components into it. The VM will get configured with Docker and Kubernetes via a single binary called localkube ...

Shell
minikube start --vm-driver=virtualbox

A note to windows users

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