minikubeWhat is minikube?
It implements a local Kubernetes cluster on macOS, Linux, and Windows. Its goal is to be the tool for local Kubernetes application development and to support all Kubernetes features that fit.
minikube is a tool in the Container Registry category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Local KubernetesLoadBalancerMulti-cluster
minikube Pros & Cons
Pros of minikube
- ✓Can use same yaml config I'll use for prod deployment
- ✓Easy setup
- ✓Let's me test k8s config locally
Cons of minikube
No cons listed yet.
minikube Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to minikube?
Kubernetes
Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers. It handles scheduling onto nodes in a compute cluster and actively manages workloads to ensure that their state matches the users declared intentions.
Docker Compose
With Compose, you define a multi-container application in a single file, then spin your application up in a single command which does everything that needs to be done to get it running.
Rancher
Rancher is an open source container management platform that includes full distributions of Kubernetes, Apache Mesos and Docker Swarm, and makes it simple to operate container clusters on any cloud or infrastructure platform.
