MINIKUBE.md

Common Minikube Commands

This document provides a list of common Minikube commands along with brief descriptions.

minikube command reference.

Minikube Cluster Management

Command	Description
minikube start	Start a local Kubernetes cluster.
minikube stop	Stop a running local Kubernetes cluster.
minikube delete	Delete a local Kubernetes cluster.
minikube status	Display the status of the local Kubernetes cluster.
minikube pause	Pause Kubernetes without impacting deployed applications.
minikube unpause	Unpause a Kubernetes cluster.
minikube restart	Restart a local Kubernetes cluster.
minikube update-context	Update kubeconfig to use minikube cluster.

Minikube Configuration

Command	Description
minikube config view	Display the Minikube config.
minikube config set	Set a value in the Minikube config.
minikube config unset	Unset a value in the Minikube config.

Minikube Addons

Command	Description
minikube addons list	List all available addons.
minikube addons enable	Enable an addon.
minikube addons disable	Disable an addon.

Minikube Dashboard

Command	Description
minikube dashboard	Open the Kubernetes dashboard in a web browser.

Minikube Service Management

Command	Description
minikube service	Access a service in the Minikube cluster.
minikube service list	List the URLs for services in your local Kubernetes cluster.

Minikube Environment

Command	Description
minikube docker-env	Configure environment to use Minikube's Docker daemon.
minikube podman-env	Configure environment to use Minikube's Podman service.

Minikube SSH

Command	Description
minikube ssh	Log into or run a command on a Minikube node with SSH.

Minikube Mount

Command	Description
minikube mount	Mount a local directory into the Minikube cluster.

Minikube Tunnel

Command	Description
minikube tunnel	Create a network tunnel to access Kubernetes services.

Minikube Version and Update

Command	Description
minikube version	Show the Minikube version information.
minikube update-check	Check for updates to Minikube.
minikube update-context	Update kubeconfig to use Minikube cluster.

Miscellaneous

Command	Description
minikube cache add	Add an image to local cache.
minikube cache delete	Delete an image from the cache.
minikube cache list	List all images in the cache.
minikube completion	Generate shell completion for Minikube commands.
minikube options	Show a list of global command-line options (applies to all commands).

These commands form the basic toolkit for managing a local Kubernetes cluster using Minikube.