Installing MiniKube on Windows 2016 Server

In this blog, we will show you the steps to installing Minikube on Windows 2016 Server.

REQUIREMENTS

• Windows 2016 VM with Internet Connection
• Hyper-V

ENABLE NESTED VIRTUALIZATION

• We have created a new VM in windows 2016 HOST and enabled the Nested virtualization.

• Nested Virtualization is a feature which is available on Windows 2016 server edition.

• It allows you run Hyper-V inside of a Hyper-V VM.

• We have already enabled the virtualization for our demo VM.

• Please check this URL https://www.assistanz.com/nested-virtualization-windows-2016/ for more information

INSTALLING HYPER-V

• Once you enabled the Nested Virtualization, Login into your VM through Remote Desktop.

• We have already installed Hyper-V service for this demo.

DOWNLOAD KUBECTL

• Open the web browser and access the URL https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.9.0/bin/windows/amd64/kubectl.exe and download the file to your desktop.

• You can find the latest version of kubectl from the kubernetes official URL https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/

• Copy the Kubectl.exe file to %systemroot%\system32 folder.

• By default, environment variable path was set for the System32 folder.

DOWNLOAD MINIKUBE

• Open the web browser and access the URL https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases

• Download the latest version of minikube for windows 64 bit.

• Rename the filename from minikube-windows-amd64 to minikube.exe.

• Copy the minikube.exe file to %systemroot%\system32 folder.

CREATING VIRTUAL SWITCH IN HYPER-V

• Open the Hyper-V Manager.

• Click on the Virtual Switch Manager option.

• Select the virtual switch type as Internal and Create button.

• Provide a name for the virtual switch. We set as Minikube for this demo. Then click on Apply button.

• After few seconds, the new virtual switch will be available in the list.

ENABLE INTERNET CONNECTION SHARING

• From the VM desktop, Right-Click on the Network Icon and select open network connection and sharing center option.

• Click on the VM physical Ethernet that has the Internet connection.

• Click on the Properties button.

• Switch to sharing tab.

• Select the Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection checkbox and click OK.

INSTALLING MINIKUBE

• Open the Powershell (or) command prompt window and type the below command to verify the minikube version.

minikube version

• Type the below command to start a minkube VM.

minikube start –vm-driver=hyperv –hyperv-virtual-switch=Minikube

• It will start downloading the ISO from the Google storage.

• The default location of minikube configuration is C:\Users\<username>\.minikube

• The ISO will be downloaded under cache folder.

• You can find the latest version of minikube ISO files at https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/ URL.

• After few minutes, It launches a new VM and starts downloading the kubernetes binary for minikube VM.

• After few minutes, Fully working single node cluster is ready now.

VERIFICATION

• To list the nodes, use the below command.

kubectl get nodes

• Use the below command to open the minikube dashboard.

minikube dashboard

• Click on Nodes option to verify its status.

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Thanks for reading this blog. We hope it was useful for you about installing MiniKube on Windows 2016 server.