Quick Start with Minikube

To Setup and run Meshery on Minikube :

• Steps
  • 1. Start minikube
  • 2. Install Meshery
  • 3. Configure Meshery to use minikube
  • Manual Steps

Compatibility

The following minimum component versions are required:

Steps

Perform the following steps in order:

1. Start minikube

 
minikube start --cpus 4 --memory 8192 --kubernetes-version=v1.14.1
 

Note: minimum memory required is –memory=4096 (for Istio deployments only)

Check up on your minikube cluster :

 
minikube status
 

2. Install Meshery

Follow the installation steps to setup the mesheryctl CLI and install Meshery.

Users using docker driver: After completing the Meshery installation, execute the following commands to establish connectivity between Meshery Server and Kubernetes cluster:

 
docker network connect bridge meshery_meshery_1
 

 
docker network connect minikube meshery_meshery_1
 

To establish connectivity between a particular Meshery Adapter and Kubernetes server, use “docker ps” to identify the name of the desired container, and execute the following commands:

 
docker network connect bridge < container name of the desired adapter >
 

 
docker network connect minikube < container name of the desired adapter >
 

3. Configure Meshery to use minikube

1. Login to Meshery. Under your user profile, click Get Token.

2. Use mesheryctl to configure Meshery to use minikube. To allow Meshery to detect your config file, execute the following commands:

 
mesheryctl system config minikube -t ~/Downloads/auth.json
 

Optionally run the command below to expose the LoadBalancer services to the host machine :

 
minikube tunnel
 

Optionally configure Meshery to use minikube through the Web UI :

• Run the below command to generate the “config_minikube.yaml” file for your cluster:

 
kubectl config view --minify --flatten > config_minikube.yaml
 

• Upload the generated config file by navigating to Settings > Environment > Out of Cluster Deployment in the Web UI and using the “Upload kubeconfig” option.

Manual Steps

You may also manually generate and load the kubeconfig file for Meshery to use:

The following configuration yaml will be used by Meshery. Copy and paste the following in your config file :

 
apiVersion: v1
 clusters:
 - cluster:
     certificate-authority-data: < cert shortcutted >
     server: https://192.168.99.100:8443
   name: minikube
 contexts:
 - context:
     cluster: minikube
     user: minikube
   name: minikube
 current-context: minikube
 kind: Config
 preferences: {}
 users:
 - name: minikube
   user:
     client-certificate-data: < cert shortcutted >
     client-key-data: < key shortcutted >
 

Note: Make sure current-context is set to minikube.

To allow Meshery to auto detect your config file, Run :

 
kubectl config view --minify --flatten > config_minikube.yaml

Meshery should now be connected with your managed Kubernetes instance. Take a look at the Meshery guides for advanced usage tips.