Installing Minikube on Linux

Follow these steps to set up Minikube along with required tools like kubectl and Docker.

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Install Minikube

curl -LO https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases/latest/download/minikube-linux-amd64
sudo install minikube-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/minikube
rm minikube-linux-amd64

Install kubectl

sudo snap install kubectl --classic

alias kubectl

vi ~/.bashrc

alias k='kubectl'

source ~/.bashrc

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Install Docker

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
sudo sh get-docker.sh
sudo groupadd docker
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
newgrp docker

Set Up for --driver=none (Optional)

sudo apt update
sudo apt install iptables
sudo apt install -y conntrack

Install crictl (Optional - for Kubernetes compatibility)

Make sure the version matches your Kubernetes version.

VERSION="v1.29.0"
curl -LO https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/releases/download/${VERSION}/crictl-${VERSION}-linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin -xzf crictl-${VERSION}-linux-amd64.tar.gz
rm crictl-${VERSION}-linux-amd64.tar.gz

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Install Kubeshark

sh <(curl -Ls https://kubeshark.co/install)  
kubeshark tap