Minikube

Cluster Commands

Create, start, stop, and delete local Kubernetes clusters with various drivers and configurations.

11 commands

Pro Tips

Use --driver=docker for the most compatible experience

Increase resources with --cpus and --memory flags

Commands

Allocate custom resources

$ minikube start --memory 4096 --cpus 4

Start cluster with 4GB RAM and 4 CPUs.

Use Docker driver

$ minikube start --driver docker

Start cluster using Docker driver.

Pause cluster

$ minikube pause

Pause cluster to save resources.

Unpause cluster

$ minikube unpause

Resume paused cluster.

Start cluster

$ minikube start

Start local Kubernetes cluster.

Start with driver

$ minikube start --driver=docker

Start with specific driver.

Start with resources

$ minikube start --cpus=4 --memory=8192

Start with custom resources.

Stop cluster

$ minikube stop

Stop the cluster.

Delete cluster

$ minikube delete

Delete the cluster.

Status

$ minikube status

Check cluster status.

Start with K8s version

$ minikube start --kubernetes-version=v1.28.0

Start with specific Kubernetes version.