Steps to install minikube

Custom installation steps

  • Download the setup from minikube site
  • Install the minikube to a directory (C:\Tyson\020-Apps\minikube)
  • Set the directory as a path variable (C:\Tyson\020-Apps\minikube)
  • Set minikube home directory (.minikube)
    • Since .minikube is heavy it cannot be put under Uses directory
    • set MINIKUBE_HOME=C:\Tyson\020-Apps\minikube\Tyson.minikube
  • Setting up driver
    • Hyper v
      • Add your user to Hyper-V Administrators ground using compmgmt. msc
      • Powershell – Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V -All
      • Setup proxy for hyperv (If using hyperv)
      • set NO_PROXY=localhost,127.0.0.1,10.96.0.0/12,192.168.99.1/24,192.168.39.0/24
      • minikube start –hyperv-use-external-switch
      • minikube start –vm-driver=hyperv –force
      • minikube config set driver hyperv
    • Docker
      • minikube start –driver=docker
      • or
      • minikube start –docker-env http_proxy=http://10.0.2.2:3128 –docker-env https_proxy=http://10.0.2.2:3128 –docker-env no_proxy=localhost,127.0.0.1,::1,192.168.99.100
      • minikube config set driver docker
    • vmwarefusion
      • –vm-driver=vmwarefusion
    • QUEM
      • Install QEMU
      • set path for the installed directory of QEMU
      • minikube start –driver=qemu
      • or
      • minikube start –driver=qemu –qemu-firmware-path=C:\Tyson\20-Applications\qemu
    • VirtualBox
      • minikube start –driver=virtualbox
  • If you need to remove you can execute below commnad
    • minikube remove
  • Start the minikube using
    • minikube start

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