How to Install Minikube(Windows)?
Follow these steps to download Minikube via CLI, you can also check out Minikube’s official website to download the .exe version.
Step 1. Enter the following command in your Windows PowerShell. Make sure to use PowerShell as an administrator.
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
Step 2. Now enter the following command to add the minikube.exe binary to your PATH:
$oldPath = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('Path', [EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine)
if ($oldPath.Split(';') -inotcontains 'C:\minikube'){
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path', $('{0};C:\minikube' -f $oldPath), [EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine)
}
Step 3. Restart your terminal and enter ‘minikube’ command to check if Minikube is installed.
minikube
This will give you a similar output if Minikube is installed. If you face any other issues, checkout the official website of Minikube for resolving it.
Kubernetes Minikube
Minikube is a one-node Kubernetes cluster where master processes and work processes both run on one node. According to the official documentation of Minikube, Minikube is local Kubernetes, focusing on making it easy to learn and develop for Kubernetes. A prerequisite to use Minikube is a Docker container or a Virtual Machine environment. Minikube provides you a way to easily deploy application on Kubernetes for learning and developing purposes even if you don’t have enough resources like memory, CPU etc.
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