How to run Kubernetes using Docker for Mac The Docker team announced support for running Kubernetes using the Docker for Mac application. For a while, it was only available on unstable Edge releases of the Mac application.

Docker for Mac’s Kubernetes cluster is now available in the stable release channel! 🎉 This makes running Kubernetes for local development so much easier. You no longer need to install and run a separate cluster using something like Minikube. (Though, if you need to,.) It's available on Docker Community Edition version 18.06.0-ce-mac70 2018-07-25 or later.

Download messages for mac os x. Setting up kubectl with Docker for Mac Kubernetes Setting up kubectl to use Docker for Mac is simple. • If you don't already have kubectl installed, the easiest way is with Homebrew. Brew install kubernetes-cli • Install the most recent version of Docker for Mac, one that includes the Kubernetes cluster functionality. • Click the Docker menu bar icon > Preferences, then click the Kubernetes tab.

Kubernetes is available in Docker for Mac 17.12 CE Edge and higher, and 18.06 Stable and higher. This includes a standalone Kubernetes server and client, as well as Docker CLI integration. Expected behavior Docker Engine and Kubernetes should start up within a reasonable time. Actual behavior It's been 15 minutes and Kubernetes hasn't yet started up Docker Engine started as expected. Kubernetes stuck in 'starting.' State after 18.02.0-ce-rc1-mac50 upgrade #2536. I had installed Docker 18.05.0 CE for Mac stable then.

Click the checkbox to enable Kubernetes and switch the default orchestrator to Kubernetes. Docker might take a few minutes to install more components here. • Docker for Mac will start the Kubernetes cluster. Once it’s running, click the Docker menu bar icon again and expand the Kubernetes menu item. Then under Context, select docker-for-desktop. This will switch kubectl to the docker-for-desktop context.

• Run kubectl config current-context in a Terminal window. It should output docker-for-desktop if kubectl’s context has updated. • If you’re curious, you can also see the configuration settings that kubectl uses to connect to Docker for Mac’s Kubernetes cluster. Run kubectl config view to output all your available kubectl contexts.

(I have a chapter in that explains kubectl config in detail) Running your first Kubernetes pod with Docker for Mac Once you’ve set up kubectl to use Docker for Mac’s Kubernetes cluster, you can run your first pod! Create a file called pod.yaml containing the following YAML configuration. Now run the pod, and then check its status as it gets run on Docker for Mac’s single node cluster $ kubectl create -f pod.yaml pod 'example-pod' created $ kubectl get pods NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE example-pod 1/1 Running 0 2m Does this replace Minikube?