In this article, we will how to install minikube on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS step by step.
minikube is a tool that lets you run Kubernetes locally. minikube runs a single-node Kubernetes cluster on your personal computer (including Windows, macOS and Linux PCs) so that you can try out Kubernetes, or for daily development work.
Prerequisites to install minikube:
1. sudo privileges or root user access
2. 2 CPUs or more
3. 2GB of free memory
4. 20GB of free disk space
5. Internet connection
6. Container or virtual machine manager, such as: Docker, QEMU, Hyperkit, Hyper-V, KVM, Parallels, Podman, VirtualBox, or VMware Fusion/Workstation
7. Virtualization must be enabled.
Steps to install minikube on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Linux:
1. First we have to update and upgrade the packages of Ubuntu system.
sudo apt-get update -y sudo apt-get upgrade -y
2. Install the following required packages
sudo apt-get install curl
sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
3. Now, install virtualbox on Ubunut 22.04 LTS using below command.
sudo apt-get install vortualbox virtualbox-ext-pack -y
Use tab once ok is selected and the enter.
use left and right arrows from your keyboard and select yes and hit enter.
Install kubectl on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS version:
4. Install kubectl on Ubuntu 22.04 by running below commands
Download the latest release with the command:
curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
5. Validate the binary:
Download the checksum file.
curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl.sha256"
Validate the kubectl binary against the checksum file:
echo "$(cat kubectl.sha256) kubectl" | sha256sum --check
6. Install kubectl using below command:
sudo install -o root -g root -m 0755 kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
7. Now verify the kubectl version.
kubectl version --client --output=yaml
Installation of minikube on Ubuntu 22.04
1. Run the below command to download the minikube binary.
curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64
2. Install the minikube
sudo install minikube-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/minikube
3. Now verify minikube version:
minikube version
So, we have successfully performed minikube installation on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
Watch the below video for the same minikube installation.