Setup

First published: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 | Last updated: Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Setup the SloopStash Kubernetes starter-kit on your Windows, Mac, or Linux operating system.


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Setup SloopStash Kubernetes starter-kit

At SloopStash, we are dedicated to empowering software teams and IT organizations through our open source SloopStash Kubernetes starter-kit. This comprehensive starter-kit is carefully designed to provide robust support for orchestrating and automating OCI containers. It easily handles a wide variety of workloads, utilizing popular container technologies such as Containerd, Docker, and Kubernetes. Whether you are launching microservices, deploying applications, or managing complex workloads, our SloopStash Kubernetes starter-kit equips you with the necessary tools to enhance efficiency and simplify your container management experience.

Our thoughtfully assembled SloopStash Kubernetes starter-kit includes everything you need to effectively orchestrate, automate, and deploy a diverse range of popular workloads and services. It comes with essential code, configuration, tools, technical resources, and best practices to streamline your Kubernetes experience, making it easier for you to harness the full potential of production-grade container orchestration.

Windows

Below are the steps you can use to setup SloopStash Kubernetes starter-kit while using the Windows operating system.

  1. Open the Git Bash terminal in administrator mode.
  2. Execute the below commands in the Git Bash terminal to setup SloopStash Kubernetes starter-kit.
# Download SloopStash Kubernetes starter-kit from GitHub to local filesystem path.
$ git clone https://github.com/sloopstash/kickstart-kubernetes.git /opt/kickstart-kubernetes

Mac

Here are the instructions for setting up SloopStash Kubernetes starter-kit on a Mac operating system.

  1. Open the terminal.
  2. Execute the below commands in the terminal to setup SloopStash Kubernetes starter-kit.
# Download SloopStash Kubernetes starter-kit from GitHub to local filesystem path.
$ sudo git clone https://github.com/sloopstash/kickstart-kubernetes.git /opt/kickstart-kubernetes

# Change ownership of SloopStash Kubernetes starter-kit directory.
$ sudo chown -R $USER /opt/kickstart-kubernetes

Linux

You can use the following commands to setup SloopStash Kubernetes starter-kit in any Linux-based operating system.

  1. Open the terminal.
  2. Execute the below commands in the terminal to setup SloopStash Kubernetes starter-kit.
# Download SloopStash Kubernetes starter-kit from GitHub to local filesystem path.
$ sudo git clone https://github.com/sloopstash/kickstart-kubernetes.git /opt/kickstart-kubernetes

# Change ownership of SloopStash Kubernetes starter-kit directory.
$ sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /opt/kickstart-kubernetes

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