# Usage with minikube

assuming you installed the packages git, docker, minikube and virtualbox here...

First of all start minikube on your machine:
```sh
minikube start
```
**[troubleshoot]** If you get an error message along th lines of 'The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded.' - then you have the same issue i had. to solve this you need to install the propper linux kernel host modules package. Here an example for Manjaro:  
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/installing-virtualbox-kernel-modules/6999
**[troubleshoot]** When you can not start minikube, try also to remove the cluster with `minikube delete` and start again with `minikube start`. Sometimes this fix startup problems of the cluster. 

You can always get an overview and see what's going on with your minikube:
```sh
minikube dashboard
```
**[troubleshoot]** now again you might run into trouble with an error like 'kubectl could not be found on your path.' In this case run the following command:
```sh
curl -Lo kubectl https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.10.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl && chmod +x kubectl && sudo cp kubectl /usr/local/bin/ && rm kubectl
```

From now on stay in your favorite work directory. First let's clone the necessary sources:
```sh
git clone https://github.com/Human-Connection/Nitro-Backend.git
git clone https://github.com/Human-Connection/Nitro-Web.git
```

Build Docker images, using the Minikube Docker daemon:
```sh
eval $(minikube docker-env)
docker build -t humanconnection/nitro-backend:latest Nitro-Backend/
docker build -t humanconnection/neo4j:latest -f Nitro-Backend/Dockerfile.neo4j Nitro-Backend/
```

check that the image is in Minikube’s Docker registry:
```sh
minikube ssh docker images 
```

Now change into directory Nitro-Backend/kubernetes and create services and deployments:
```sh
cd Nitro-Backend/kubernetes
kubectl create -f neo4j-deployment.yaml,neo4j-data-persistentvolumeclaim.yaml,backend-deployment.yaml,neo4j-service.json,backend-service.json
```

You can see the backend in action with:
```sh
minikube service backend
```