minikube VS colima

With the containerized Node.js/Express API, I could run multiple containers, scaling to handle more traffic. Using a tool called minikube, we can easily spin up a local Kubernetes cluster to horizontally scale Docker containers. It was possible to keep one shared instance of the database, and many APIs were routed with an internal Kubernetes load balancer.

Install Minicube - a tool that allows us to spin up a Kubernetes cluster in a local machine Run minikube start to start your Kubernetes cluster Run minikube dashboard to spin up a web-based user interface that allows you to manage your Kubernetes cluster

If you're just messing around, just use kind (https://kind.sigs.k8s.io) or minikube if you want VMs (https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io). Both work on ARM-based platforms.

You can also use k3s; it's hella easy to get started with and it works great.

$ minikube addons enable dashboard 💡 dashboard is an addon maintained by Kubernetes. For any concerns contact minikube on GitHub. You can view the list of minikube maintainers at: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/blob/master/OWNERS ▪ Using image docker.io/kubernetesui/dashboard:v2.7.0 ▪ Using image docker.io/kubernetesui/metrics-scraper:v1.0.8 🌟 The 'dashboard' addon is enabled $ minikube addons enable metrics-server 💡 metrics-server is an addon maintained by Kubernetes. For any concerns contact minikube on GitHub. You can view the list of minikube maintainers at: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/blob/master/OWNERS ▪ Using image registry.k8s.io/metrics-server/metrics-server:v0.6.4 🌟 The 'metrics-server' addon is enabled $ minikube addons enable ingress 💡 ingress is an addon maintained by Kubernetes. For any concerns contact minikube on GitHub. You can view the list of minikube maintainers at: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/blob/master/OWNERS 💡 After the addon is enabled, please run "minikube tunnel" and your ingress resources would be available at "127.0.0.1" ▪ Using image registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/kube-webhook-certgen:v20230407 ▪ Using image registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/controller:v1.8.1 ▪ Using image registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/kube-webhook-certgen:v20230407 🔎 Verifying ingress addon... 🌟 The 'ingress' addon is enabled

A Kubernetes distribution: You need to install a Kubernetes distribution to create the Kubernetes cluster and other necessary resources, such as deployments and services. This tutorial uses kind (v0.18.0), but you can use any other Kubernetes distribution, including minikube or K3s.

3.Minikube ( https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io ):

CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES7523fd2c20c7 gcr.io/google\_containers/k8s-dns-sidecar-amd64 "/sidecar --v=2 --..." 18 hours ago Up 18 hours k8s\_sidecar\_kube-dns-86f6f55dd5-qwc6z\_kube-system\_c1333ffc-e4d6-11e7-bccf-0021ccbf0996\_09bd438011406 gcr.io/google\_containers/k8s-dns-dnsmasq-nanny-amd64 "/dnsmasq-nanny -v..." 18 hours ago Up 18 hours k8s\_dnsmasq\_kube-dns-86f6f55dd5-qwc6z\_kube-system\_c1333ffc-e4d6-11e7-bccf-0021ccbf0996\_05c35e00a5a27 gcr.io/google\_containers/k8s-dns-kube-dns-amd64 "/kube-dns --domai..." 18 hours ago Up 18 hours k8s\_kubedns\_kube-dns-86f6f55dd5-qwc6z\_kube-system\_c1333ffc-e4d6-11e7-bccf-0021ccbf0996\_077ef463642b7 gcr.io/google\_containers/pause-amd64:3.0 "/pause" 18 hours ago Up 18 hours k8s\_POD\_kube-dns-86f6f55dd5-qwc6z\_kube-system\_c1333ffc-e4d6-11e7-bccf-0021ccbf0996\_039f618666205 gcr.io/google\_containers/kubernetes-dashboard-amd64 "/dashboard --inse..." 18 hours ago Up 18 hours k8s\_kubernetes-dashboard\_kubernetes-dashboard-vgpjl\_kube-system\_c1176a44-e4d6-11e7-bccf-0021ccbf0996\_0023b7b554a8c gcr.io/google\_containers/pause-amd64:3.0 "/pause" 18 hours ago Up 18 hours k8s\_POD\_kubernetes-dashboard-vgpjl\_kube-system\_c1176a44-e4d6-11e7-bccf-0021ccbf0996\_01c3bdb7bdeb1 gcr.io/google-containers/kube-addon-manager "/opt/kube-addons.sh" 18 hours ago Up 18 hours k8s\_kube-addon-manager\_kube-addon-manager-tpad\_kube-system\_7b19c3ba446df5355649563d32723e4f\_08a00feefa754 gcr.io/google\_containers/pause-amd64:3.0 "/pause" 18 hours ago Up 18 hours k8s\_POD\_kube-addon-manager-tpad\_kube-system\_7b19c3ba446df5355649563d32723e4f\_0b657eab5f6f5 gcr.io/k8s-minikube/storage-provisioner "/storage-provisioner" 18 hours ago Up 18 hours k8s\_storage-provisioner\_storage-provisioner\_kube-system\_c0a8b187-e4d6-11e7-bccf-0021ccbf0996\_067be5cc1dd0d gcr.io/google\_containers/pause-amd64:3.0 "/pause" 18 hours ago Up 18 hours k8s\_POD\_storage-provisioner\_kube-system\_c0a8b187-e4d6-11e7-bccf-0021ccbf0996\_0 I just did the Kubernetes minikube tutorial at https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube, and I cannot stop or remove these containers, they always get recreated.

https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube for local learning that's lightweight.

Haven’t dabbled with minikube yet, but there’s a whole thread about this error here: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/9798

If you don't need a GUI, the following combo works pretty well:

- https://github.com/abiosoft/colima

- https://github.com/peterldowns/localias

You might look into CoLima as a way to get started.

https://github.com/abiosoft/colima?tab=readme-ov-file

Its user interface is Docker-like, using containers.

For full desktop, I've only used the commercial app "Parallels", which can set up an Ubuntu desktop for you. Also Fedora and Alpine and Debian I believe.

But

> I don't really have any resources to share. I just know how to boot a vmlinuz with an initramfs using QEMU, and decided to download the Linux kernel source code and try compiling it.

I highly recommend working through Linux from Scratch and possibly the Gentoo Handbook. It's a journey.

I could not find any guide how to add WASM container capability to Docker running on Colima. This guide provides a few Colima templates for exactly this, which adds WasmEdge, Wasmtime and Wasmer runtime types.

Colima runs much faster on Macos: https://github.com/abiosoft/colima

After docker desktop became unusable, I jumped to colima and never looked back. I still use the docker runtime in it (the non-proprietary part) but it also supports containerd. On Mac it's just a "brew install colima" and then "colima start"

I also install the compose and ecr credentials plug-ins (since I use ecr for my container registry.) It has the full functionality of docker desktop minus the UI, which I never used anyways.

https://github.com/abiosoft/colima

On my M1 Pro system, I have nothing but positive things to say about the experience of using Colima (https://github.com/abiosoft/colima). Quick to set up and fast to use.

I'd say Lima and Colima should be enough for most use cases:

https://lima-vm.io/

https://github.com/abiosoft/colima

The bash/zsh equivalent wouldn't be too hard, but I use fish.

[0] https://github.com/abiosoft/colima, https://hn.algolia.com/?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fabiosof...

[1] https://orbstack.dev [3], https://hn.algolia.com/?q=https%3A%2F%2Forbstack.dev

[2] https://github.com/abiosoft/colima#customizing-the-vm and https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/blob/main/docs/FAQ.md#edi...

[3] I’m on OrbStack now, but it isn’t so much better at how I use Docker than Colima is that I think that it’s an instant buy, especially with the planned subscription model. If I used anything other than the Docker integration, I might think it's better, but as of right now, no.

I also have some issues with its insistence on asking for elevated permissions. I will never grant permission[4] to make a symlink to the "standard" Docker socket; context and `$DOCKER_HOST` work well enough. It should not ask if the permission hasn't been given once. I also worry about other "advanced" features that may need an elevated permissions helper[5].

[4] https://github.com/orbstack/orbstack/issues/281#issuecomment...

[5] https://github.com/orbstack/orbstack/issues/281#issuecomment... and following