[#creating-cluster]
= Creating a Development Cluster

There are various options for creating a development cluster:

[#minikube]
== Minikube

You can run Camel K integrations on plain Kubernetes using the Minikube cluster creation tool.
Follow the instructions in the https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube#installation[official doc] for the installation.

Start a new instance of Minikube using the command:

[source,bash,linenums,subs="+macros,+attributes"]
----
KUBERNETES_VERSION=v1.12.0
MEMORY=8192
CPUS=4
DISK_SIZE=50g
# blow away everything in the camelk profile for a clean install
minikube delete --profile camelk

# configure camelk profile
minikube profile camelk
minikube config set kubernetes-version ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
minikube config set memory ${MEMORY}
minikube config set cpus ${CPUS}
minikube config set disk-size ${DISK_SIZE}

# Start minikube
minikube start -p camelk --extra-config=apiserver.enable-admission-plugins="LimitRanger,NamespaceExists,NamespaceLifecycle,ResourceQuota,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,MutatingAdmissionWebhook"
----

After the startup process is completed, you need to **enable the `registry` addon**:

[source,bash,linenums,subs="+macros,+attributes"]
----
minikube addons enable registry
----

The following section is optional and needed if and only if you are going to use Knative with Camel K. Run the following commands to install the Knative components:

[#install-knative]
== Install Knative

[source,bash,linenums,subs="+macros,+attributes"]
----
KNATIVE_SERVING_VERSION=v0.4.0
KNATIVE_BUILD_VERSION=v0.4.0
KNATIVE_EVENTING_VERSION=v0.4.0

# Istio 

kubectl apply --filename https://github.com/knative/serving/releases/download/${KNATIVE_SERVING_VERSION}/istio-crds.yaml && \
kubectl apply --filename https://github.com/knative/serving/releases/download/${KNATIVE_SERVING_VERSION}/istio.yaml

# Wait for the applications to be installed and running
timeout 300 "kubectl get pods -n istio-system 2>&1 | grep -v -E '(Running|Completed|STATUS)'"

# knative build
kubectl apply --filename https://github.com/knative/build/releases/download/${KNATIVE_BUILD_VERSION}/build.yaml

# Wait for the applications to be installed and running
timeout 300 "kubectl get pods -n knative-build 2>&1 | grep -v -E '(Running|Completed|STATUS)'"

# knative serving
kubectl apply --filename https://github.com/knative/serving/releases/download/${KNATIVE_SERVING_VERSION}/serving.yaml

# Wait for the applications to be installed and running
timeout 300 "kubectl get pods -n knative-serving 2>&1 | grep -v -E '(Running|Completed|STATUS)'"

# knative eventing
kubectl apply  --filename https://github.com/knative/eventing/releases/download/${KNATIVE_EVENTING_VERSION}/release.yaml && \
kubectl apply --filename https://github.com/knative/eventing/releases/download/${KNATIVE_EVENTING_VERSION}/in-memory-channel.yaml


# Wait for the applications to be installed and running
timeout 300 "kubectl get pods -n knative-eventing 2>&1 | grep -v -E '(Running|Completed|STATUS)'"

# knative sources
kubectl apply --filename https://github.com/knative/eventing-sources/releases/download/${KNATIVE_EVENTING_VERSION}/release.yaml
# Wait for the applications to be installed and running
timeout 300 "kubectl get pods -n knative-sources 2>&1 | grep -v -E '(Running|Completed|STATUS)'"
----

[TIP]
====
You can avoid all the above steps to install knative by running the following command:
[source,bash]
----
git clone https://github.com/openshift-cloud-functions/knative-operators
cd knative-operators
./etc/scripts/install-on-minikube.sh
----
====

You can now proceed to link:/README.adoc[install Camel K].

[#minishift]
== Minishift

You can run Camel K integrations on OpenShift using the Minishift cluster creation tool.
Follow the instructions in the https://github.com/minishift/minishift#getting-started[getting started guide] for the installation.

After installing the `minishift` binary, you need to enable the `admin-user` addon:

```
minishift addons enable admin-user
```

NOTE: the admin user addon should be enabled before starting the cluster for the first time

Then you can start the cluster with:

```
minishift start
```

You can now proceed to link:/README.adoc[install Camel K].