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Install Portainer Agent with Kubernetes on WSL / Docker Desktop
Introduction
The following instructions will guide you in setting up Portainer Agent with Kubernetes running on Docker Desktop with WSL, and connecting it to your Portainer Server instance. If you do not have a working Portainer Server instance yet, please refer to the Portainer Server installation guide first.
This scenario is for testing purposes only.
Preparation
Before you start, you must make sure that Kubernetes is enabled and running within your Docker Desktop installation. To enable Kubernetes in Docker Desktop, you need to open the dashboard of Docker Desktop. Right click the Docker icon in the system tray and click Dashboard:
Click Settings, then select Kubernetes, tick Enable Kubernetes, then click Apply and Restart (clicking Install in the dialog to install Kubernetes):
After a few minutes, you will see that Kubernetes is running in the bottom left status bar of Docker Desktop:
Docker is on the left, Kubernetes is on the right
Deployment
Based on how you would like expose the Portainer Agent, select an option below:
NodePort
Load Balancer
Using the following command, the Portainer Agent will be available on port
30778.1
kubectl apply -n portainer -f https://downloads.portainer.io/portainer-agent-k8s-nodeport.yaml
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Using the following command, the Portainer Agent will be available at an assigned Load Balancer IP at port
9001.1
kubectl apply -n portainer -f https://downloads.portainer.io/portainer-agent-k8s-lb.yaml
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Adding your new environment
Once the agent has been installed you are ready to add the environment to your Portainer Server installation.
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