Directions to install Minikube on Ubuntu 18.04

Directions to install and run Minikube!

1. Update Ubuntu dependencies:

   sudo apt-get update
   
   sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https
   

2. Install VirtualBox on Ubuntu:

   sudo apt-get install -y virtualbox virtualbox-ext-pack
   

3. Install latest Docker:

   sudo apt-get install -y docker.io
   

4. Install kubectl binary with curl on Linux

   Download the latest release with the command:

   curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/`curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt`/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
   
   (To download a specific version, replace the $(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt) portion of the command with the specific version.
   

   For example, to download version v1.15.0 on Linux, type:

   curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.15.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl)
   

   Make the kubectl binary executable:

   chmod +x ./kubectl
   

   Move the binary in to your PATH:

   sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
   

   Test to ensure the version you installed is up-to-date:

   kubectl version
   

5. Install Minikube:

   curl -Lo minikube https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64 \
   && chmod +x minikube
   

6. Add the Minikube executable to your path:

   sudo install minikube /usr/local/bin
   

7. Launch Minikube:

   minikube start
   

8. To access externally from your LAN run the following command on the machine locally:

   kubectl proxy --address='0.0.0.0' --disable-filter=true
   

   & should be able to access via:

   http://IP_Address_of_your_machine:8001/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/http:kubernetes-dashboard:/proxy/
   

9. Optional - locally launch on your machine:

   minikube dashboard
   

10. Stop minikube:

    minikube stop
    

11. Delete instance

    minikube delete