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Most tutorials I've seen for developing with Kubernetes locally use Minikube. In the latest Edge release of Docker for Windows, you can also enable Kubernetes. I'm trying to understand the differences between the two and which I should use.
kubectl apply -f http://.... minikube ip to get the cluster IP address for ingress, how can I do this with Docker for Windows?
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We got rid of Docker Desktop and replaced it with Hyperkit (Podman for M1) and Minikube. We can still use the Docker API to manage Dockerfiles and deploy apps in a local Kubernetes cluster.
Minikube follows the same logic as Docker for Windows. If WSL 2 has been installed, it will be used by default. If WSL 2 isn't available, Minikube will try to use the same Hyper-V virtual machine created by Docker for Windows.
In order to run Windows containers, your Kubernetes cluster must include multiple operating systems. While you can only run the control plane on Linux, you can deploy worker nodes running either Windows or Linux. Windows nodes are supported provided that the operating system is Windows Server 2019.
Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers. It handles scheduling onto nodes in a compute cluster and actively manages workloads to ensure that their state matches the users declared intentions. On the other hand, minikube is detailed as "Local Kubernetes engine".
On the other hand, Minikube has more complete Kubernetes support with multiple add-ons and driver support (e.g. VirtualBox) at the cost of a more complicated configuration. Kubernetes is available in Docker for Mac for 18.06 Stable or higher and includes a Kubernetes server and client, as well as integration with the Docker executable.
Docker desktop and minikube are popular options for local development. Do you need both installed for local development or can you save some RAM and run a only one of them. Below are some questions to help you decide which one to use in your situation. Which version of Kubernetes are you running in production?
If you want to run Windows Containers then: In addition, at the time of writing, Kubernetes is only available in Docker for Windows 18.06 CE Edge. Docker for Windows 18.06 CE Edge includes a standalone Kubernetes server and client, as well as Docker CLI integration.
After a successful installation, you need to explicitly enable Kubernetes support. Click the Docker icon in the status bar, go to “Preferences”, and on the “Kubernetes” tab check “Enable Kubernetes” as shown in the figure below. This will start a single node Kubernetes cluster for you and install the kubectl command line utility as well.
I feel like you largely understand the space, and mostly have answers to your questions already. You might find Docker for Mac vs. Docker Toolbox an informative read, even if it's about the Mac equivalent rather than Windows and about Docker packaged as a VM rather than Kubernetes specifically.
In fact you are stuck with the specific version of Kubernetes the Docker Edge desktop distribution publishes.
is answered in the question.
I believe NodePort-type Services are published on your host's IP address; there isn't an intermediate VM address like there is with Docker Toolbox.
Docker Toolbox and minikube always use a full-blown virtual machine with an off-the-shelf hypervisor. The Docker desktop application might use a lighter-weight virtualization engine if one is available.
Kubernetes can involve some significant background work. If you're using Kubernetes-in-Docker it's hard to "turn off" Kubernetes and still have Docker available; but if you have a separate minikube VM you can just stop it.
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