Local Cluster On Windows

Run a local Kubernetes cluster on Windows with kind for athena-operator development and testing.

The easiest local setup for athena-operator on Windows is kind running on Docker Desktop.

Prerequisites

Verify the tools first:

docker version
kubectl version --client
kind version

kind create cluster --name athena

Verify:

kubectl config current-context
kubectl get nodes

kind delete cluster --name athena

Kubernetes Primer

Minimal Kubernetes concepts and commands needed to use athena-operator.

Install Operator

Install athena-operator CRDs and run the controller either locally or in-cluster.