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Use Minikube to set up a cluster on AWS EC2

If you are getting ready to set up a Kubernetes cluster on AWS EC2 using Minikube, you have come to the right place.

Today, we are going to take a walk through launching an EC2 instance to deploying a sample application.

1. To begin with, we have to log in to the AWS Management Console.
2. Then, launch an EC2 instance with CentOS as the operating system.
3. After that, we have to ensure the necessary ports for communication are open.
4. Next, we have to connect to our CentOS instance using SSH.
5. Then, it is time to install kubectl, with the Kubernetes command-line tool:

   sudo yum install kubectl
6. Now, install Docker on the CentOS instance:

   sudo yum install docker
7. Next, we have to start and enable the Docker service:

   sudo systemctl start docker
sudo systemctl enable docker

8. Then, download the Minikube binary:

   curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64

9. Next, install Minikube with this command:

   sudo install minikube-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/minikube
10. After that, we have to start Minikube with the Docker driver:

    minikube start –driver=docker

    This command will start a local Kubernetes cluster using Minikube.
11. Now, it is time to check the status of the Minikube cluster:

    minikube status
12. Then, we can use kubectl to interact with our Minikube cluster:

    kubectl get nodes

    We will be able to see the Minikube node listed as the cluster’s single node.
13. Now, deploy a sample application to test the cluster:

    kubectl create deployment hello-minikube –image=k8s.gcr.io/echoserver:1.4
14. We can expose the deployment by running:

    kubectl expose deployment hello-minikube --type=NodePort –port=8080
15. Finally, we can get the URL to access the sample application by running:

    minikube service hello-minikube –url

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Conclusion

In brief, our Support Experts demonstrated how to use Minikube on AWS EC2 CentOS to set up a cluster.