Merge pull request #8519 from Harkishen-Singh/tip-for-minikube-based-kubectl-usage

Adds better information for using kubectl inside minikube

cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go

@@ -369,6 +369,8 @@ func showKubectlInfo(kcs *kubeconfig.Settings, k8sVersion string, machineName st
 
 	path, err := exec.LookPath("kubectl")
 	if err != nil {
+		out.ErrT(out.Kubectl, "Kubectl not found in your path")
+		out.ErrT(out.Workaround, "You can use kubectl inside minikube. For more information, visit https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/handbook/kubectl/")
 		out.ErrT(out.Tip, "For best results, install kubectl: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/")
 		return nil
 	}

site/content/en/docs/handbook/kubectl.md

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+---
+title: "Kubectl"
+weight: 2
+description: >
+  Use kubectl inside minikube
+aliases:
+  - /docs/kubectl/
+---
+
+By default, [kubectl](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/) gets configured to access the kubernetes cluster control plane
+inside minikube when the `minikube start` command is executed. 
+
+However if `kubectl` is not installed locally, kubectl can be used inside the minikube
+as well.
+
+`minikube kubectl -- <kubectl commands>`
+
+You can also `alias kubectl=minikube kubectl --` for easier usage.
+
+Get pods
+
+`minikube kubectl -- get pods`
+
+Creating a deployment inside kubernetes cluster
+
+`minikube kubectl -- create deployment hello-minikube --image=k8s.gcr.io/echoserver:1.4`
+
+Exposing the deployment with a NodePort service
+
+`minikube kubectl -- expose deployment hello-minikube --type=NodePort --port=8080`
+
+For more help
+
+`minikube kubectl -- --help`