Minikube is advertised on the [Hello Minikube][1] tutorial page as a simple way to run Kubernetes for Docker. While that documentation is very informative, it is primarily written for MacOS. You can dig deeper for instructions for Windows or a Linux distribution, but they are not very clear. And much of the documentation—like one on [installing drivers for Minikube][2]—is targeted at Debian/Ubuntu users.
### Prerequisites
1. You have [installed Docker][3].
2. Your computer is an RHEL/CentOS/Fedora-based workstation.
3. You have [installed a working KVM2 hypervisor][4].
4. You have a working **docker-machine-driver-kvm2**. The following commands will install the driver:
Use the **curl** command to determine the latest version of Kubernetes.
6.**chmod** to make kubectl writable.
```
chmod +x kubectl
```
7. Move kubectl to the **/usr/local/bin** path to run it as a command.
```
mv kubectl /usr/local/bin
```
8. Run **minikube start**. To do so, you need to have a hypervisor available. I used KVM2, and you can also use Virtualbox. Make sure to run the following command as a user instead of root so the configuration will be stored for the user instead of root.
```
minikube start --vm-driver=kvm2
```
It can take quite a while, so wait for it.
9. Minikube should download and start. Use the following command to make sure it was successful.
```
cat ~/.kube/config
```
10. Execute the following command to run Minikube as the context. The context is what determines which cluster kubectl is interacting with. You can see all your available contexts in the ~/.kube/config file.
```
kubectl config use-context minikube
```
11. Run the **config** file command again to check that context Minikube is there.
```
cat ~/.kube/config
```
12. Finally, run the following command to open a browser with the Kubernetes dashboard.
```
minikube dashboard
```
This guide aims to make things easier for RHEL/Fedora/CentOS-based operating system users.
Now that Minikube is up and running, read [Running Kubernetes Locally via Minikube][7] to start using it.
