Minikube Installation Guide

This guide provides all the key information and getting-started instructions after a successful Minikube installation via DeploySage-CLI.

Starting Your Cluster

Minikube provides a single-node Kubernetes cluster running in a local environment (like Docker). The installer has already started the cluster for you.

# Check the status of your local Kubernetes cluster
minikube status

# If you ever stop it, you can restart it with:
minikube start

# Access the Kubernetes dashboard in your browser
minikube dashboard

Interacting with Kubernetes via kubectl

The installer also configured kubectl, the command-line tool for interacting with your Kubernetes cluster.

# Verify kubectl can connect to the cluster
kubectl cluster-info

# Get a list of all nodes in your cluster (should be one)
kubectl get nodes

# Deploy a sample application
kubectl create deployment hello-minikube --image=kicbase/echo-server:1.0

# Expose the application as a service
kubectl expose deployment hello-minikube --type=NodePort --port=8080

# Get the URL to access your service
minikube service hello-minikube --url

Key Directories and Files

Item	Value
Minikube Configuration	~/.minikube/
kubectl Configuration	~/.kube/config