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How to install MissionKontrol on Windows 11

MissionKontrol is a lightweight and at the same time powerful application manager for Kubernetes. This guide will show you how to install MissionKontrol on your Windows 11 machine.

Prerequisites

Before you start with the installation process, make sure your system meets the following requirements:

• Windows 11
• At least 4 GB of RAM
• At least 2 CPUs
• Docker Desktop version 4 or later. You can download the latest version of Docker Desktop from the official website at https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop.

Installation steps

1. Download the latest version of MissionKontrol from the official website at https://www.missionkontrol.io.

2. Extract the archive to a directory of your choice.

3. Open a PowerShell terminal as administrator and navigate to the directory where you extracted the MissionKontrol files.

4. Run the following command to start the MissionKontrol server:

docker-compose -f docker-compose.development.yml up

This will start the MissionKontrol server in development mode. You should see output similar to the following:

Creating network "missionkontrol_default" with the default driver
Creating missionkontrol_mongodb_1 ... done
Creating missionkontrol_missionkontrol_1 ... done
Attaching to missionkontrol_mongodb_1, missionkontrol_missionkontrol_1
mongodb_1      | {"t":{"$date":"2022-01-31T08:18:53.602+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":4648601, "ctx":"listener","msg":"Connection accepted","attr":{"remote":"172.27.0.3:34340","connectionCount":1}}
mongodb_1      | {"t":{"$date":"2022-01-31T08:18:53.604+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":22944,   "ctx":"conn1","msg":"client metadata","attr":{"remote":"172.27.0.3:34340","client":"conn1","doc":{"driver":{"name":"mongo-go-driver","version":"2.7.0"},"os":{"type":"linux","architecture":"amd64"},"platform":"go1.17.4","application":{"name":"mongodb-go-driver","version":"v2.6.3"}}}}
mongodb_1      | {"t":{"$date":"2022-01-31T08:18:53.611+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"ACCESS",   "id":20249,   "ctx":"conn1","msg":"Successful authentication","attr":{"mechanism":"SCRAM-SHA-256","principalName":"root","authenticationDatabase":"admin","client":"172.27.0.3:34340","result":"OK"}}
missionkontrol_1 | 2022/01/31 08:18:56 MySQL database found at env MYSQL_URL, initializing schema...
missionkontrol_1 | 2022/01/31 08:18:56 An unknown error occurred using package configuration. Using default configuration.
missionkontrol_1 | {"level":"info","timestamp":"2022-01-31T08:18:58.921Z","message":"Starting development environment"}
missionkontrol_1 | {"level":"info","timestamp":"2022-01-31T08:18:58.925Z","message":"Connected to MongoDB"}
missionkontrol_1 | {"level":"info","timestamp":"2022-01-31T08:18:58.926Z","message":"Initializing database schema..."}
missionkontrol_1 | {"level":"info","timestamp":"2022-01-31T08:18:58.976Z","message":"Successfully initialized database schema"}
missionkontrol_1 | {"level":"warn","timestamp":"2022-01-31T08:18:59.017Z","message":"Skipping creation of initial user due to existing users in database."}
missionkontrol_1 | {"level":"info","timestamp":"2022-01-31T08:18:59.018Z","message":"Listening on :3012"}

5. If you want to start the MissionKontrol server in production mode, run the following command instead:

docker-compose up

6. Once the server is running, you can access the MissionKontrol UI by navigating to http://localhost:3012 in your web browser.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed MissionKontrol on your Windows 11 machine.

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