Installing a Kubernetes cluster on macOS using k3d

Running k3d on macOS is very simple. Below is a quick and diryt recipe.

Prerequisites

• Docker Desktop

Use Homebrew to install k3d

    brew install k3d
        

Create your Kubernetes cluster

    k3d create
        

Get the KUBECONFIG file and export it to your environment

    export KUBECONFIG="$(k3d get-kubeconfig --name='k3s-default')"
        

Verify your cluster is running

    kubectl get pods --all-namespaces
        

And voila that is it!

Posted April 8th, 2020

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