Lens Desktop Kube

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Lens Desktop Kube allows you to create a local Kubernetes cluster.

Attention

Before running Lens Desktop Kube, to avoid a port conflict, stop all local clusters such as Minikube, Docker Desktop, Rancher Desktop, and so on.

Prerequisites for Windows

To run Lens Desktop Kube in Lens Desktop for Windows, make sure that:

• You are running Windows 10 version 2004 and higher (Build 19041 and higher) or Windows 11.
• WSL2 is installed. See Install Linux with WSL for detailed instructions.
• Hyper-V is installed and enabled both in BIOS and System Preferences. See Install Hyper-V on Windows 10 for detailed instructions.
• You are using an official Ubuntu distribution. See WSL Documentation: Install Linux on Windows with WSL.

Note

Lens Desktop Kube is not available for virtual machines deployed through the Parallels software.

Further reading

The following documentation might help you to understand the concepts of WSL2 and Hyper-v:

• Windows Subsystem for Linux Documentation
• Hyper-V Technology Overview

Launch Lens Desktop Kube

To start your local Kubernetes cluster:

Note

On initial launch, Lens Desktop downloads the cluster image. This process can take several minutes.

1. Click Lens Desktop Kube in the lower-right corner.
2. Optional. In the following menu, choose the Kubernetes version in the drop-down list.
3. Optional. Choose the Kubernetes version in the drop-down list.

If the Lens Desktop Kube cluster fails to start, click Reset. Once the cluster is running, you can open the cluster view in Catalog.