# Minikube Cluster supports

    * Dashboard to manage cluster.

    * ConfigMaps to store configurations.

    * Secrets to store secrets related to your application.

    * NodePorts

    * Various Container Runtime like: Docker, rkt etc

    * Container Network Interface (CNI)

    * Ingress

# End Goal

  

  *Minikube installed.

    *Little hands on with Minikube commands

# Prerequisites

   

    *Hypervisor installed. For Linux: VirtulBox or KVM, for OSX: VirtualBox or HyperKit.

    *Kubectl installed.

curl -Lo minikube https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/v0.26.1/minikube-linux-amd64&& chmod +x minikube && sudo mv minikube /usr/local/bin/

02 Minikube Useful Commands

1. To start Minikube Cluster

$ minikube start Starting local Kubernetes cluster... Running pre-create checks... Creating machine... Starting local Kubernetes cluster...

2. To stop Minikube Cluster

$ minikube stop Stopping local Kubernetes cluster... Stopping "minikube"..

3. To check Status

$ minikube status minikube: Running cluster: Running kubectl: Correctly Configured: pointing to minikube-vm at 192.168.99.100

4. To launch dashboard

$ minikube dashboard Opening kubernetes dashboard in default browser...