Start Minikube With Custom Addons

Easily start Minikube with the metrics-server addon enabled for monitoring Kubernetes clusters.

Terminal

minikube start --addons <metrics-server>

minikube start --addons <metrics-server>

#!/bin/bash

# Start Minikube With Custom Addons
minikube start --addons {{metrics-server}}

import subprocess

# Start Minikube With Custom Addons
# Make sure to replace <placeholders> with actual values
def run_command():
    cmd = [
        "minikube",
        "start",
        "--addons",
        "<metrics-server>"
    ]
    
    try:
        print(f"Executing: {' '.join(cmd)}")
        subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
        print(f"Error: {e}")
    except FileNotFoundError:
        print("Error: minikube not found. Please install it first.")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    run_command()

When To Use

Use this command to start Minikube with the metrics-server addon for monitoring.

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Generated Command

minikube start --addons <metrics-server>

Terminal Output

Expected runtime feedback

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Output

😄  minikube v1.23.2 on Darwin 11.2.3
✨  Using the docker driver based on user configuration
🔄  Starting control plane node minikube in cluster minikube
🏄  Launching Kubernetes ...
✅  Done! kubectl is now configured to use "minikube" cluster and "default" namespace

Command Breakdown

What each part is doing

minikube: Base Command; The executable that performs this operation. Here it runs Minikube before the shell applies any redirect operators.
<metrics-server>: metrics server; The host or server name supplied to this command.
--addons: Command Option; Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.

How To Run

Execution path

Step 1
Run `minikube start --addons metrics-server` in your terminal.
Step 2
Wait for Minikube to start and configure the cluster with the metrics-server addon.
Step 3
Use `kubectl get pods -n kube-system` to verify the metrics-server is running.

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