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# Installing MicroK8s on macOS

**Note:** Installing MicroK8s with Multipass requires *macOS Yosemite*, version 10.10.3 or later installed on hardware from 2010 onwards. It will also require at least 4GB of available RAM and 40GB of storage.

**Note:** Some users, who have upgraded to Big Sur, have experienced issues with Homebrew and Python when installing MicroK8s. To fix this, run `brew reinstall python`.

The installer for MicroK8s uses HomeBrew. If you don’t have the `brew` command you can install it from the [Homebrew website](http://brew.sh/).

1. Download the MicroK8s installer
   `brew install ubuntu/microk8s/microk8s`
2. Run the installer
   `microk8s install`
3. Check the status while Kubernetes starts
   `microk8s status --wait-ready`
4. Turn on the services you want

   ```
   microk8s enable dashboard
   microk8s enable dns
   microk8s enable registry
   microk8s enable istio
   ```

Try `microk8s enable --help` for a list of available services built in. The `microk8s disable` command turns off a service.

5. Start using Kubernetes!
   `microk8s kubectl get all --all-namespaces`
6. Access the Kubernetes dashboard
   `microk8s dashboard-proxy`
7. Start and stop Kubernetes
   Kubernetes is a collection of system services that talk to each other all the time. If you don’t need them running in the background then you will save battery/resources by stopping them. the `microk8s start` and `microk8s stop` commands will do the work for you.

Last updated 3 years ago. [Help improve this document in the forum](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/installing-microk8s-on-macos/21541).