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Install Minikube on Fedora using RPM (Docker Driver)

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Install Minikube on Fedora using RPM (Docker Driver)

This guide walks through installing Minikube on Fedora using the official RPM package, with Docker as the runtime, and installing kubectl from the official Kubernetes release.

1. Install Docker Engine (Prerequisite)

Minikube uses Docker to run your local Kubernetes cluster.

Remove old Docker packages 

sudo dnf remove -y docker \
  docker-client \
  docker-client-latest \
  docker-common \
  docker-latest \
  docker-latest-logrotate \
  docker-logrotate \
  docker-selinux \
  docker-engine-selinux \
  docker-engine
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Add the official Docker repository 

sudo dnf install -y dnf-plugins-core
sudo dnf config-manager addrepo --from-repofile https://download.docker.com/linux/fedora/docker-ce.repo
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Install Docker 

sudo dnf install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
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Start Docker 

sudo systemctl enable --now docker
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(Optional but Recommended) Run Docker without sudo 

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
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Verify Docker 

docker run hello-world
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2. Install Minikube (Official RPM)

Download the latest stable Minikube RPM 

curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-latest.x86_64.rpm
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Install it 

sudo rpm -Uvh minikube-latest.x86_64.rpm
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Cleanup 

rm minikube-latest.x86_64.rpm
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Verify Minikube installation 

minikube version
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3. Install kubectl (Official Kubernetes Binary)

Download the latest stable release 

curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
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Make it executable 

chmod +x kubectl
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Move it into your PATH 

sudo mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
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Verify kubectl installation 

kubectl version --client
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4. Optional kubectl Configuration (System-wide Autocompletion)

Enable kubectl bash autocompletion system-wide 

kubectl completion bash | sudo tee /etc/bash_completion.d/kubectl > /dev/null
sudo chmod a+r /etc/bash_completion.d/kubectl
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Enable completion for a shorter alias 

echo 'alias k=kubectl' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'complete -o default -F __start_kubectl k' >> ~/.bashrc
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Reload your shell 

source ~/.bashrc
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5. Start Your Minikube Cluster

Create your local Kubernetes cluster using Docker:

minikube start --driver=docker
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This may take a few minutes the first time as Kubernetes images are downloaded.

6. Open the Kubernetes Dashboard 

minikube dashboard
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This launches the built-in Kubernetes web UI in your browser.

7. Verify the Cluster

Check the node status 

kubectl get nodes
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Expected output:

NAME       STATUS   ROLES           AGE   VERSION
minikube   Ready    control-plane   Xm    vX.Y.Z
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Check running containers 

docker ps
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8. Useful Minikube Commands

Stop the cluster 

minikube stop
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Delete the cluster 

minikube delete
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List available addons 

minikube addons list
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9. References

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Nadeem Zia •

Really helpful