Quick Start with Minikube

To Setup and run Meshery on Minikube :

1. Start Minikube
2. Configure Meshery to use minkube
3. Run Meshery

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.

Note: If you are using docker driver, after completing meshery installation steps execute below command to establish connectivity between Meshery and Kubernetes server :

 

 docker network connect bridge meshery_meshery_1
 
 

2. 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
 
 

 

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

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.