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Quick guide to install minikube, kubectl, helm and enable ingress controller on Ubuntu

#kubernetes #linux #bash #beginners

This is just a quick guide to install minikube and enable ingress controller on Ubuntu.

The purpose of this post is to consolidate all the commands in one place for quick reference.

Minikube is a lightweight Kubernetes cluster that enables you to run Kubernetes clusters locally. It's ideal for learning Kubernetes while developing and testing on a single machine.

More information about minikube can be found here: https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/

curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64 sudo install minikube-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/minikube && rm minikube-linux-amd64
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sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc echo \ "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \ $(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | \ sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin -y
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  • Add current user to docker group 
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER && newgrp docker
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curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/`curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt`/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl sudo chmod +x kubectl sudo mv kubectl /usr/local/bin alias k=kubectl
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curl -fsSL -o get_helm.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-3 chmod 700 get_helm.sh ./get_helm.sh
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  • Start minikube 
minikube start # Once started k get nodes # To get a list of underlying nodes k get pods -A # To get a list of all the pods from all namespaces
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  • Get minikube's IP and enable ingress controller 
minikube ip minikube addons enable ingress
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