features/src/kubectl-helm-minikube

Kubectl, Helm, and Minikube (kubectl-helm-minikube)

Installs latest version of kubectl, Helm, and optionally minikube. Auto-detects latest versions and installs needed dependencies.

Example Usage

"features": {
    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/kubectl-helm-minikube:1": {}
}

Options

Options Id	Description	Type	Default Value
version	Select or enter a Kubernetes version to install	string	latest
helm	Select or enter a Helm version to install	string	latest
minikube	Select or enter a Minikube version to install	string	latest

Ingress and port forwarding

When configuring Ingress for your Kubernetes cluster, note that by default Kubernetes will bind to a specific interface's IP rather than localhost or all interfaces. This is why you need to use the Kubernetes Node's IP when connecting - even if there's only one Node as in the case of Minikube. Port forwarding in Remote - Containers will allow you to specify <ip>:<port> in either the forwardPorts property or through the port forwarding UI in VS Code.

However, GitHub Codespaces does not yet support this capability, so you'll need to use kubectl to forward the port to localhost. This adds minimal overhead since everything is on the same machine. E.g.:

minikube start
minikube addons enable ingress
# Run this to forward to localhost in the background
nohup kubectl port-forward --pod-running-timeout=24h -n ingress-nginx service/ingress-nginx-controller :80 &

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