k3d-minikube

Below Steps will help to create a k3d minikube cluster on a windows machine.

1. Install and configure Ubuntu:

Open powershell with Admin:

wsl --install

2. Install Ubuntu App from Microsoft Store:

3. Install docker on ubuntu:

Reference Documentation is as below: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/

Below Steps needs to be followed:

sudo apt-get update  
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg  
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings  
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg  
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg  

echo \
"deb [arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
"$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME")" stable" | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null  

sudo apt-get update  
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin

If we get any of the below error:

E: Package 'docker-ce' has no installation candidate
E: Unable to locate package docker-ce-cli

follow the below steps to resolve it

sudo apt-get install \
    ca-certificates \
    curl \
    gnupg \
    lsb-release
sudo apt-get update  
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin

Follow the below steps to add your userid to docker group

sudo usermod -aG docker ${USER}
sudo chown root:docker /var/run/docker.sock

Exit the Ubuntu app machine and come back

4. Install k3d on Ubuntu:

Reference Documentation is as below: https://k3d.io/v5.5.1/

Run the below commads:

wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k3d-io/k3d/main/install.sh | bash
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k3d-io/k3d/main/install.sh | bash

k3d cluster create mycluster
kubectl get nodes
kubectl cluster-info

5. Install Brew:

Reference Documentation is as below: https://linux.how2shout.com/install-brew-on-ubuntu-22-04-lts-jammy-linux/

sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential git
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
(echo; echo 'eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"') >> /home/bhoopesh/.bashrc
brew --help

6. Install Kubectl:

brew install kubectl
kubectl version --client

7. Run one test pod in default namespace

kubectl run mycurlpod --image=curlimages/curl -i --tty -- sh

8. Install Helm:

brew install helm

9. Just in case if you want to delete the minikube k3d cluster completely

k3d cluster delete mycluster
k3d cluster delete -a

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