{"id":924,"date":"2023-06-23T05:43:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T05:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ngocha.biz\/?p=924"},"modified":"2023-06-23T05:43:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T05:43:25","slug":"minikube-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ngocha.biz\/?p=924","title":{"rendered":"How to Setup Minikube on MAC M1\/M2"},"content":{"rendered":"

This blog contains the guide to setting up a working Minikube cluster on MAC M1\/M2 arm64 systems using the Qemu emulator as the backend driver.<\/p>\n

Qemu emulator is the best option to run a Kubernetes Cluster<\/a> using minikube on MAC arm64-based systems without any issues. All other setups like Docker<\/a>, Podman<\/a>, and Virtualbox<\/a> run into some sort of issue.<\/p>\n

Setup Minikube on MAC M1\/M2<\/h2>\n

Step 1:<\/strong> Install Qemu<\/p>\n

Install the Qemu emulator using the following command.<\/p>\n

brew install qemu<\/code><\/pre>\n
Step 2:<\/strong> Setup Qemu socket_vvmnet<\/p>\n
For minikube service URLs to work, you need to start the socket_vmnet service<\/p>\n
brew install socket_vmnet\nbrew tap homebrew\/services\nHOMEBREW=$(which brew) && sudo ${HOMEBREW} services start socket_vmnet<\/code><\/pre>\n
Step 3:<\/strong> Install minikube<\/p>\n
brew install minikube<\/code><\/pre>\n
Step 4: <\/strong>Start Minikube with the Qemu driver and socket_vmnet<\/code><\/strong><\/p>\n
minikube start --driver qemu --network socket_vmnet<\/code><\/pre>\n
On successful execution, you should see the below output.<\/p>\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n
Validate Minikube Setup<\/h2>\n
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Note:<\/strong><\/b> Ensure you have kubectl installed on your workstation.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
To validate the setup let’s deploy a sample nginx application with a NodePort service. So that we can validate pod deployment as well as network access using the NodePort service.<\/p>\n
Execute the following kubernetes manifest to deploy nginx deployment and a Nodeport service<\/p>\n
cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -\napiVersion: v1\nkind: Service\nmetadata:\n  name: web-service\nspec:\n  ports:\n  - name: http\n    port: 80\n  selector:\n    app: web\n  type: NodePort\n---\napiVersion: apps\/v1\nkind: Deployment\nmetadata:\n  name: web-deployment\nspec:\n  replicas: 2\n  selector:\n    matchLabels:\n      app: web\n  template:\n    metadata:\n      labels:\n        app: web\n    spec:\n      containers:\n      - image: nginx:1.14.2\n        name: nginx\n        ports:\n        - containerPort: 80\nEOF<\/code><\/pre>\n
Validate the deployment and service<\/p>\n
kubectl get all<\/code><\/pre>\n
You should see an output as shown below.<\/p>\n
\"Validate<\/figure>\n
To validate the networking, get the service URL using the following command. It will give you the node IP with NodePort in URL format.<\/p>\n
minikube service web-service --url<\/code><\/pre>\n
Access the URL and you should be able to view the Nginx home page as shown below<\/p>\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n
Minikube Qemu Issues Issues<\/h2>\n
If you don’t have socket_vmnet running with Qemu and if you try to access Minikube service URLs, you will get the following error.<\/p>\n
To rectify this, install the socket_vmnet using the commands given in step 2 under the setup guide.<\/p>\n
\u274c  Exiting due to MK_UNIMPLEMENTED: minikube service is not currently implemented with the builtin network on QEMU, try starting minikube with '--network=socket_vmnet'<\/code><\/pre>\n
Conclusion<\/h2>\n
If you are new to Minikube, check out my Minikube tutorial <\/a>where I have added all the required steps to get you started with a development Kubernetes cluster.<\/p>\n
If you are learning Kubernetes, check out the Kubernetes learning path<\/a> and Kubernetes tutorials for beginners.<\/a><\/p>\n
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Ngu\u1ed3n:<\/strong> How to Setup Minikube on MAC M1\/M2 \u2014 DevOpsCube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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