Create a Kubernetes development machine using NIX HomeManager

k8s-devement.md

Kubernetes Development

Follow the Kubernetes developmemt Guide and Build

Ubuntu Develepment Setup

I have used ubuntu 24

Steps

1. Create a lightsail VM from AWS with atleast 8GB RAM and 50GB of disk space
2. Install NIX cli. https://nixos.org/download/#nix-install-linux
3. Install home-manager by following https://nix-community.github.io/home-manager/index.xhtml#sec-install-standalone
4. Install Docker https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/
5. Configure Docker to run as a non-root user https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall/
6. Create home.nix using the home.nix file.
7. Install Kubernetes dependencies using home-manager
8. Checkout kubernetes code from github repo
9. Build the code using this

home.nix file

{ config, pkgs, ... }:

{
  home.username = "ubuntu";
  home.homeDirectory = "/home/ubuntu";

  home.stateVersion = "24.11"; # Please read the comment before changing.

  # The home.packages option allows you to install Nix packages into your
  # environment.
  home.packages = [
    pkgs.hello
    pkgs.htop
    pkgs.git
    pkgs.fortune
    pkgs.cowsay
    pkgs.jdk23
    pkgs.go
    pkgs.coreutils-full
    pkgs.ed
    pkgs.findutils
    pkgs.gawk
    pkgs.gnused
    pkgs.gnutar
    pkgs.gnugrep
    pkgs.gnumake
    pkgs.jq
    pkgs.gcc
    pkgs.zsh
    pkgs.oh-my-zsh

  ];

  home.file = {
  };

  home.sessionVariables = {
    # EDITOR = "emacs";
    EDITOR = "vi";
  };

  # Let Home Manager install and manage itself.
  programs.home-manager.enable = true;
}

Install Dependencies Using home-manager

# Copy the home.nix file under $HOME/.config/home-manager/home.nix
vi ~/.config/home-manager/home.nix

# Applies the changes 
home-manager switch