Creating a local Minikube-powered Kubernetes cluster

You can create multiple local Minikube-powered Kubernetes clusters.

Prerequisites

• You installed Minikube.
• On Windows, you configured Podman.

Procedure

1. Go to Settings > Resources

2. In the Minikube tile, click on the Create new ... button.

3. Choose your options, and click the Create button.

   The defaults are:

   • Name: minikube
   • Driver: podman
   • Container runtime: cri-o

4. (Optionally) Click the Show logs button to display the logs.

5. After successful creation, click on the Go back to resources button

Verification

1. In Settings > Resources, in the Minikube tile, your <minikube> instance is running.
2. In the Podman Desktop tray, open the Kubernetes menu, you can set the context to your Minikube cluster: minikube.