Minikube is a single-node distribution of Kubernetes, suited to product evaluation and day-to-day development. Here we use Minikube to build a development environment: Kubernetes runs on a CentOS cloud server, and development happens remotely from a local OS X machine. 1. Install Minikube on the Cloud Server On the Minikube

1. Basic Concepts 1.1 Kubernetes Kubernetes (K8s for short), the successor to Google’s Borg, is an open-source system for automatically deploying, scaling, and managing containerized applications. The features it provides: Automated deployment of containers Automated scaling up and down Automated application/service upgrades Grouping containers to serve traffic externally, with load balancing support Health checks for services, with automatic restarts 1.