Installing microK8s

microk8s is a distribution of kubernetes that is compact and easy to use. It’s designed to run on the “edge”, which can be a developer laptop, a server at a remote office or on a VPS somewhere.

Overview

Installation is simple if you are using a recent form of Ubuntu. Other distro’s might have additional steps in order to setup.

Prerequisites

• sudo privileges
• Network access to download packages
• A recent version of Ubuntu (i.e. 24.04.3 LTS).

Steps

1. Execute the snap command:

   sudo snap install microk8s --classic --channel=latest/stable
   

   The channel can be changed to something different depending on your needs.

Troubleshooting

• Wrong channel You can always view available channels with:

  snap info microk8s
  

Completion and Verification

• You can view the status of the install and services with:

  microk8s status --wait-ready
  

Contacts

Appendix

References

• MicroK8s Official Documentation
• MicroK8s GitHub Repository
• Snap Documentation
• Kubernetes Documentation

Changelog

• 2025/12/15 - Initial Version