notes on setting up minikube in CentOS (Stream 9):

• you're going to need docker, because that's what minikube runs within.
• Go to https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/centos/ and follow the install notes.
  • $sudo yum install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
  • $sudo usermod -aG docker $USER && newgrp docker #https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall/
• Then go to https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/start/ and follow the install notes.
  • $curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-latest.x86_64.rpm
  • $sudo rpm -Uvh minikube-latest.x86_64.rpm
• Now starting minikube is as easy as this:
  • $systemctl start docker
  • $minikube start
• To use kubens or kubectx for namespace handling:
  • $sudo git clone https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx /opt/kubectx
  • $sudo ln -s /opt/kubectx/kubectx /usr/local/bin/kubectx
  • $sudo ln -s /opt/kubectx/kubens /usr/local/bin/kubens

Important docs links for getting started:

• https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/components/

Other links of interest:

• https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/quick-start/
• https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/virtualization/what-is-KVM
• https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/kvm2/