Start arch Linux (Manjaro) minikube with KVM2

Installation of required packages

yay -S minikube kubectl docker-machine-driver-kvm2 libvirt qemu-headless ebtables



Enable libvirtd

sudo systemctl enable libvirtd.service
sudo usermod -a -G libvirt $(whoami)



Enable libvirt's default network

sudo virsh net-autostart default



Make minikube use kvm2 by default

minikube config set vm-driver kvm2

 

Allocate 1/4 of the installed memory to minikube

 If you're using Manjaro, make the free command the default free command.

unalias free

MEMORY_FRACTION=4
minikube config set memory "$(($(free --mega | head -n2 | tail -n1 | cut -c15-27)/$MEMORY_FRACTION))"



Start and check

minikube start
kubectl cluster-info

Show Minikube dashboard

minikube dashboard