Installing Che on Minikube

This article explains how to create a single-node Kubernetes cluster with Minikube to deploy Che.

Remember that single-node Kubernetes clusters are suited only for testing or development. Do NOT use such clusters to run Che for organizations or developer teams.

Prerequisites

Minikube stable release. See Installing Minikube.
kubectl stable release. See Installing kubectl.
chectl. See Install the chectl management tool.

Procedure

Start Minikube with required add-ons and sufficient resources:

$ minikube start --addons=ingress,dashboard --vm=true --memory=10240 --cpus=4 --disk-size=50GB --kubernetes-version=v1.23.9

Create the Che instance:

$ chectl server:deploy --platform minikube

Verification steps

Verify the Che instance status:
```
$ chectl server:status
```
Navigate to the Che cluster instance:
```
$ chectl dashboard:open
```