--- layout: default navsection: installguide title: Arvados on Minikube ... {% comment %} Copyright (C) The Arvados Authors. All rights reserved. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-3.0 {% endcomment %} This page documents setting up and running the "Arvados on Kubernetes":/install/arvados-on-kubernetes.html @Helm@ chart on @Minikube@. h2. Prerequisites h3. Install tooling Install @kubectl@: * Follow the instructions at "https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/":https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/ Install @helm@: * Follow the instructions at "https://docs.helm.sh/using_helm/#installing-helm":https://docs.helm.sh/using_helm/#installing-helm h3. Install Minikube Follow the instructions at "https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/minikube/":https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/minikube/ Test the connection:
$ kubectl get nodes
Test @helm@ by running
$ helm ls
There should be no errors. The command will return nothing. h2(#git). Clone the repository Clone the repository and nagivate to the @arvados-k8s/charts/arvados@ directory:
$ git clone https://github.com/arvados/arvados-k8s.git
$ cd arvados-k8s/charts/arvados
h2(#Start). Start the Arvados cluster All Arvados services will be accessible on Minikube's IP address. This will be a local IP address, you can see what it is by running
$ minikube ip
192.168.39.15
Generate self-signed SSL certificates for the Arvados services:
$ ./cert-gen.sh `minikube ip`
The @values.yaml@ file contains a number of variables that can be modified. At a minimum, review and/or modify the values for
  adminUserEmail
  adminUserPassword
  superUserSecret
  anonymousUserSecret
Now start the Arvados cluster:
$ helm install arvados . --set externalIP=`minikube ip`
And update the Kubernetes services to have the Minikube IP as their 'external' IP:
$ ./minikube-external-ip.sh
At this point, you can use kubectl to see the Arvados cluster boot:
$ kubectl get pods
$ kubectl get svc
After a few minutes, you can access Arvados Workbench at the Minikube IP address: * https://<MINIKUBE IP> with the username and password specified in the @values.yaml@ file. Alternatively, use the Arvados cli tools or SDKs. First set the environment variables:
$ export ARVADOS_API_TOKEN=
$ export ARVADOS_API_HOST=:444
$ export ARVADOS_API_HOST_INSECURE=true
Test access with:
$ arv user current
h2(#reload). Reload If you make changes to the Helm chart (e.g. to @values.yaml@), you can reload Arvados with
$ helm upgrade arvados .
h2. Shut down {% include 'notebox_begin_warning' %} This Helm chart uses Kubernetes persistent volumes for the Postgresql and Keepstore data volumes. These volumes will be retained after you delete the Arvados helm chart with the command below. Because those volumes are stored in the local Minikube Kubernetes cluster, if you delete that cluster (e.g. with minikube delete) the Kubernetes persistent volumes will also be deleted. {% include 'notebox_end' %}
$ helm del arvados