Try kubernetes with Minikube

This document will apply to linux host, others would go https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/start/ for more documentations.

Install

First, download and install minikube

curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64
sudo install minikube-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/minikube

Start

Start a minikube cluster

minikube start

Kubectl

In minikube, you can use kubectl like:

minikube kubectl -- get pods -A

But you can install and use kubectl as usual:

curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
sudo install kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl

Get pods in all namespaces:

kubectl get pods -A

Get storage class:

kubectl get sc

Note that minikube will enable default storage class standard, which you should keep in mind.

Dashboard

Minikube provide dashboard as an extension, start it with:

minikube dashboard

It will open in web browser: