Minikube Development Environment

This repository contains scripts and Kubernetes configurations to set up a local development environment using Minikube with various services.

Prerequisites

• For proper DNS resolution on Ubuntu systems, follow the minikube-dns setup guide

Quick Start

./create-cluster.sh [-l name] [-c cpus] [-m memory] [-n nodes]

Cluster Creation Options

• -l: Name of the cluster (default: minikube)
• -c: Number of CPUs to allocate (default: 4)
• -m: Memory in MB to allocate (default: 8192)
• -n: Number of nodes to create (default: 1)

Available Services

Database Services

PostgreSQL (postgresql.yaml)

• Port: 30042
• Credentials: password="password"
• Includes 1GB persistent volume

MySQL (mysql.yaml)

• Port: 30036
• Credentials:
  • Username: mysql
  • Password: "password"
• Includes 1GB persistent volume

Development Tools

Debug Pod (debug-pod.yaml)

• Ubuntu-based debugging container
• For troubleshooting cluster issues

PubSub Emulator (pubsub-emulator.yaml)

• Google Cloud PubSub emulator
• Port: 31778
• Resource limits: 200m CPU, 200Mi memory

Kubernetes Dashboard (minikube-dashboard-ingress.yaml)

• Access via minikube.test hostname

Optional Components

Gitea Git Server

Follow the Gitea Git Server Setup guide to add a lightweight, persistent Git server to your cluster.

SonarQube

Follow the sonar-minikube installation guide to add SonarQube to your cluster

Internal docker registry

Follow the Internal Docker Registry Setup guide to add an accessible docker registry to your cluster

Observability

Follow the Loki + Grafana Stack Deployment guide to add loki + promtail + grafana to your cluster

Utility Scripts

• disable-ingress-dns.sh : Disables ingress-dns addon
• create-cluster.sh: Main cluster setup script

Requirements

• Minikube
• kubectl
• Minimum 4 CPUs, 8GB RAM recommended