Setup Kubernetes cluster

ProconTEL is a cloud-native framework that requires Kubernetes.

Configure microk8s environment

For development purpose you can use microk8s cluster installed locally on your PC.

caution

It is up to you to verify whether you comply with microk8s and its add-ons licenses.

note

Official microk8s manual is available here for Linux and Windows.

Install microk8s

Recommended resources for small cluster

CPU: 4
MEM: 8
DISK: 20

Download installer, install and set up microk8 (Windows)

You can obtain the installer from here: https://microk8s.io/microk8s-installer.exe

Install and set up microk8s (Linux)

sudo snap install microk8s --classic
microk8s install --cpu 4 --mem 8 --disk 20

Enable the add-ons

microk8s enable dns
microk8s enable storage
microk8s enable ingress
microk8s enable registry
microk8s enable helm

Start microk8s

microk8s start

If you want to stop microk8s use

microk8s stop

Verify if microk8s cluster is running

Run this command:

microk8s kubectl get pods

You should get such response:

No resources found in default namespace.