<p>I am confused as to how the minikube single node cluster works, when I start a k8s cluster using <code>minikube start --driver=docker</code>, is the single node itself a docker container, or it is our local machine? I assume that single node is the local machine and the pods are containers inside this node.</p>
<p>Can anyone confirm this? Or perhaps correct me?</p>
<p>I have tried looking into the explanations in the minikube docs, but could not find a definitive answer.</p>

Martian
<p>In the last two paragraphs of <a href="https://kubernetes.io/docs/tutorials/kubernetes-basics/create-cluster/cluster-intro/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">kubernetes-basics/Using Minikube to Create a Cluster</a>, it says:</p>
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<p><code>Minikube</code> is a lightweight Kubernetes implementation that creates <strong>a VM on your local machine</strong> and deploys a simple cluster containing only one node.</p>
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<p><strong>Minikube</strong> creates a single node cluster contained in <strong>a virtual machine (VM)</strong>, with the help of a virtualization manager on Linux, MacOS, or Windows operating systems.</p>
