# Installing MicroK8s on macOS

**URL:** <https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/installing-microk8s-on-macos/21541>\
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**Created:** [October 6, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/installing-microk8s-on-macos/21541 "2022-10-06T15:54:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/installing-microk8s-on-macos/21541/1 "2022-10-06T15:54:02Z")

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> ⓘ **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

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

1. Start using Kubernetes!  
`microk8s kubectl get all --all-namespaces`

2. Access the Kubernetes dashboard  
`microk8s dashboard-proxy`

3. 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.