Accessing Minikube REST API from remote host

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Hi All,

I am running Minikube in a development environment and would like to test REST API calls to the Minikube cluster from a remote host.

When Minikube starts i am using the docker driver and the node is automatically allocated a private IP that is reachable only by the local host running Minikube.

In order to make REST API calls to Minikube from a remote host I need to be able to connect to Minikube on an IP address that is reachable on the external network - is there a process to follow for this?

I have looked into using ‘kubectl proxy’ but this again only seems to work on the local host running Minikube (using ‘curl http://localhost:8080/api/’)

Ultimately what i am trying to achieve is automating REST API calls to kubernetes clusters to retrieve information (such as using python and requests).

Many Thanks

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For development, use ssh tunnelling or just have minikube listen on an accessible interface.

Looking at the start command, the flags --listen-address and --ports seem like what you want.