Create a Minikube Kubernetes Cluster on Mac M1 using Multipass (Ubuntu VM)

Have a look at the following blog post for more information on how to use the Multipass tool to create Ubuntu VMs on your Mac M1:

The easiest way to start Ubuntu VM on Mac M1

Now let's create a Minikube Kubernetes cluster using Multipass tool.

In this example, I will be configuring podman driver and CRI-O container runtime for this minikube kubernetes cluster.

Step 1:

multipass find

multipass launch minikube

multipass shell minikube

Step 2:

Install Podman in minikube:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install podman

Step 3:

Make Podman driver as default and then start a minikube Kubernetes Cluster with the podman driver and CRI-O container runtime

minikube config set driver podman

minikube start --driver=podman --container-runtime=cri-o

minikube status

Now use the kubetl command to list the nodes and all other kubernetes resources:

kubectl get nodes

kubectl get po -A

kubectl cluster-info

minikube dashboard

Add a node to minikube Kubernetes cluster:

kubectl get nodes

minikube node add

kubectl get nodes

minikube status

Other useful commands:

minikube node list

minikube node add --control-plane

minikube node add --worker