Install kubectl and minikube on Mac OS
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1 min readNov 27, 2018
Install Google Cloud CLI tool
https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/quickstart-macos
Install kubectl
gcloud components install kubectl
Install minikube
$ curl -Lo minikube https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/v0.23.0/minikube-darwin-amd64 && chmod +x minikube && sudo mv minikube /usr/local/bin/
Install minikube hyperkit driver
$ curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/docker-machine-driver-hyperkit \
&& sudo install -o root -g wheel -m 4755 docker-machine-driver-hyperkit /usr/local/bin/
Configure minikube to use hyperkit driver
$ minikube config set vm-driver hyperkit
Start minikube
$ minikube start
Run a test
$ kubectl run hello-minikube --image=gcr.io/google_containers/echoserver:1.4 --port=8080$ kubectl expose deployment hello-minikube --type=NodePort$ kubectl get pods