# Kubectl, Helm, and Minikube (kubectl-helm-minikube)

Installs latest version of kubectl, Helm, and optionally minikube. Auto-detects latest versions and installs needed dependencies.

## Example Usage

```json
"features": {
    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/kubectl-helm-minikube:1": {}
}
```

## Options

| Options Id | Description | Type | Default Value |
|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| version | Select or enter a Kubernetes version to install | string | latest |
| helm | Select or enter a Helm version to install | string | latest |
| minikube | Select or enter a Minikube version to install | string | latest |

## Ingress and port forwarding

When configuring [Ingress](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/ingress/) for your Kubernetes cluster, note that by default Kubernetes will bind to a specific interface's IP rather than localhost or all interfaces. This is why you need to use the Kubernetes Node's IP when connecting - even if there's only one Node as in the case of Minikube. Port forwarding in Remote - Containers will allow you to specify `<ip>:<port>` in either the `forwardPorts` property or through the port forwarding UI in VS Code.

However, GitHub Codespaces does not yet support this capability, so you'll need to use `kubectl` to forward the port to localhost. This adds minimal overhead since everything is on the same machine. E.g.:

```bash
minikube start
minikube addons enable ingress
# Run this to forward to localhost in the background
nohup kubectl port-forward --pod-running-timeout=24h -n ingress-nginx service/ingress-nginx-controller :80 &
```


## OS Support

This Feature should work on recent versions of Debian/Ubuntu-based distributions with the `apt` package manager installed.

`bash` is required to execute the `install.sh` script.


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_Note: This file was auto-generated from the [devcontainer-feature.json](https://github.com/devcontainers/features/blob/main/src/kubectl-helm-minikube/devcontainer-feature.json).  Add additional notes to a `NOTES.md`._