Minikube Snippets

# Help
minikube

# Start minikube cluster using podman driver
minikube start -d podman
# Start minikube using vm driver with selected hypervisor, in example hyperkit for MacOS
minikube start --vm-driver=hyperkit
# Check context and pods
kubectl config current-context
kubectl get pod

# Start in debugging mode with messages to standard err
minikube start -d podman --v=7 --alsologtostderr

# Open minikube dashboard
minikube dashboard

# Create and access a service
kubectl create deployment hello-minikube --image=kicbase/echo-server:1.0
kubectl expose deployment hello-minikube --type=NodePort --port=8080
kubectl get services hello-minikube
## Open in browser
minikube service hello-minikube

# Use kubectl to forward port
kubectl port-forward service/hello-minikube 7080:8080
# Visit in browser http://localhost:7080/

# Pause and unpause cluster
minikube pause
minikube unpause

# Stop cluster
minikube stop

# Delete local cluster
minikube delete

See Also

• Podman Snippets - Podman Snippets