Single-Node Kubernetes

We suggest a single-node Kubernetes installation for most development, testing, and small lab-trial deployments.

There are two popular single-node versions of Kubernetes.

• Minikube (recommended)
  • Documentation: https://kubernetes.io/docs/getting-started-guides/minikube/
  • Installation on a Linux machine (either physical or a VM on your laptop or in the cloud): <https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube#linux-continuous-integration-without-vm-support (Must have Docker installed https://docs.docker.com/install/)
  • Installation directly on your Windows or MacOS System: https://kubernetes.io/docs/getting-started-guides/minikube/#installation
  • Minimum requirements:
    • One machine, either a physical machine or a VM. It could also be your own PC! It installs natively also on macOS.
• Mikrok8s
  • Documentation: https://microk8s.io/
  • One machine, Linux based, either physical machine or virtual. It could also be your own PC!

Next Step

Once you are done, you are ready to install Kubctl and Helm, so return to here in the installation guide.