Kubectl

Use kubectl inside minikube

By default, kubectl gets configured to access the kubernetes cluster control plane inside minikube when the minikube start command is executed.

kubectl <kubectl commands>

However if kubectl is not installed locally, minikube already includes kubectl which can be used like this:

minikube kubectl -- <kubectl commands>

    You can also alias kubectl for easier usage.

    alias kubectl="minikube kubectl --"

    Alternatively, you can create a symbolic link to minikube’s binary named ‘kubectl’.

    ln -s $(which minikube) /usr/local/bin/kubectl

    You can also alias kubectl for easier usage.

    alias kubectl="minikube kubectl --"

    Alternatively, you can create a symbolic link to minikube’s binary named ‘kubectl’.

    ln -s $(which minikube) /usr/local/bin/kubectl

    You can also alias kubectl for easier usage.

    Powershell.

    function kubectl { minikube kubectl -- $args }

    Command Prompt.

    doskey kubectl=minikube kubectl $*

    Get pods

    minikube kubectl -- get pods

    Creating a deployment inside kubernetes cluster

    minikube kubectl -- create deployment hello-minikube --image=kicbase/echo-server:1.0

    Exposing the deployment with a NodePort service

    minikube kubectl -- expose deployment hello-minikube --type=NodePort --port=8080

    For more help

    minikube kubectl -- --help

    Documentation

    https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/

    Shell autocompletion

    After applying the alias or the symbolic link you can follow https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl-linux/#enable-shell-autocompletion to enable shell-autocompletion.


    Last modified October 23, 2023: Add more links to the kubectl documentation (e6ee3dca7)