Drivers

minikube can be deployed as a VM, a container, or bare-metal.

To do so, we use the Docker Machine library to provide a consistent way to interact with different environments. Here is what’s supported:

Linux

• Docker - container-based (preferred)
• KVM2 - VM-based (preferred)
• VirtualBox - VM
• QEMU - VM
• None - bare-metal
• Podman - container-based (experimental)
• SSH - remote ssh

macOS

• Docker - VM + Container (preferred)
• Hyperkit - VM
• VirtualBox - VM
• Parallels - VM
• VMware Fusion - VM
• QEMU - VM
• Podman - VM + Container (experimental)
• VFkit - VM (experimental)
• SSH - remote ssh

Windows

• Hyper-V - VM (preferred)
• Docker - VM + Container (preferred)
• VirtualBox - VM
• VMware Workstation - VM
• QEMU - VM (experimental)
• Podman - VM + Container (experimental)
• SSH - remote ssh