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 with Kubernetes version 1.21 or higher. See Installing Minikube.
kubectl. See Overview of kubectl.
chectl. See Install the chectl management tool.

Procedure

Start Minikube. Allocate at least 8GB of RAM and 4 CPU cores:

$ minikube start --addons=ingress --vm=true --memory=8192 --cpus=4

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
```