Start and stop local Kubernetes clusters.

• Docker Desktop
• K3D
• MiniKube

kubectl up will start and initialize a local cluster. kubectl down will stop local cluster.

Installation:

git clone https://github.com/alexec/kubectl-up.git -o ~/kubectl-up
export PATH=~/kubectl-up:$PATH ;# add to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc 

Install Docker Desktop

Install your local Kubernetes provider.

Option 1 - Kubernetes on Docker Desktop.

Option 3 - K3D

brew install k3d

Option 3 - Minikube

brew install minikube 

Usage:

kubectl up docker-desktop ;# default

kubectl up k3d 

kubectl up minikube

kubectl down