Day 30 Task: Launching your First Kubernetes Cluster with Nginx.

1. What is minikube?

Ans:- Minikube is a tool which quickly sets up a local Kubernetes cluster on macOS, Linux, and Windows. It can deploy as a VM, a container, or on bare-metal.

Minikube is a pared-down version of Kubernetes that gives you all the benefits of Kubernetes with a lot less effort.

This makes it an interesting option for users who are new to containers, and also for projects in the world of edge computing and the Internet of Things.

2. Features of minikube

(1) Supports the latest Kubernetes release (+6 previous minor versions)

(2) Cross-platform (Linux, macOS, Windows)

(3) Deploy as a VM, a container, or on bare-metal

(4) Multiple container runtimes (CRI-O, containerd, docker)

(5) Direct API endpoint for blazing fast image load and build

(6) Advanced features such as LoadBalancer, filesystem mounts, FeatureGates, and network policy

(7) Addons for easily installed Kubernetes applications

(8) Supports common CI environments

Task-01:

How Install minikube on your local:

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for installing Minikube on Ubuntu. Minikube allows you to run a single-node Kubernetes cluster locally for development and testing purposes.

Step1. Pre-requisites

• Ubuntu OS

• sudo privileges

• Internet access

• Virtualization support enabled (Check with egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo, 0=disabled 1=enabled)

Step2. go to your aws account then create a EC2 inatance thier should have 2CPU and 4GB RAM.(select the instance type t2.medium).

Step3. Update System Packages:

Update your package lists to make sure you are getting the latest version and dependencies.

#sudo apt update -y

Step4: Install Required Packages: #sudo apt install -y curl wget apt-transport-https

Step5: Install Docker

Minikube can run a Kubernetes cluster either in a VM or locally via Docker. This guide demonstrates the Docker method.

#sudo apt install -y docker.io

Step6: Start and enable Docker.

sudo systemctl enable --now docker

Step7: Add current user to docker group (To use docker without root)

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER && newgrp docker

Step8: Install Minikube

First, download the Minikube binary using curl:

curl -Lo minikube https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64

Make it executable and move it into your path:

chmod +x minikube
sudo mv minikube /usr/local/bin/

Step 9 Install kubectl

Download kubectl, which is a Kubernetes command-line tool.

curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"

Check above image ⬆️ Make it executable and move it into your path:

chmod +x kubectl
sudo mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/

Step 10: Start Minikube

Now, you can start Minikube with the following command:

minikube start --driver=docker

This command will start a single-node Kubernetes cluster inside a Docker container.

Step 11: Check Cluster Status

Check the cluster status with:

minikube status

Task-02:

Create your first pod on Kubernetes through minikube.

we want to create a pod using the command so please find the below command through which we will be create a pod:

# kubectl run pod name --image=image name --ports deatils

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