Getting started with knative on your mac in 5 minutes

This guide will help you get started with knative on your mac in minutes

PreReqs

• Docker running on your machine
• kubectl
• brew (optional)

Components involved

• Kind (kubernetes in docker)
• Istio
• Knative
• KN cli

Getting started

1. Kind

Install kind following the steps here.

$ brew install kind

2. Knative and Istio

Run the Makefile to install istio (1.10.0) and knative (0.23)

$ make

3. KN CLI

brew tap knative/client

brew install kn

4. Create the service

$ kn service create gotest --image=ghcr.io/itsmurugappan/hw

5. Call the service

$ curl http://gotest-default.127.0.0.1.nip.io 

{"status":"Status OK"}

Cleanup

$ kind delete cluster

Troubleshooting

If istio installation fails, please run the istio and knative installation again

make istio
make knative

Other Knative on KIND Repos

1. https://github.com/csantanapr/knative-kind
2. https://github.com/n3wscott/kind-for-knative