# Local K8s Plugin Configuration ## Requirements To use the `local-kubernetes` plugin you need to have a local installation of Kubernetes. Garden is committed to supporting the *latest six* stable versions of Kubernetes (i.e. if the latest stable version is v1.17.x, Garden supports v1.12.x and newer). The officially supported variants of local Kubernetes are the latest stable versions of * [Docker Desktop](https://docs.docker.com/engine) * [Minikube](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube) * [MicroK8s](https://microk8s.io) * [KinD](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind) * [K3s](https://k3s.io) * [Rancher Desktop](https://rancherdesktop.io) * [Orbstack](https://orbstack.dev) Other distributions may also work, but are not routinely tested or explicitly supported. Please don't hesitate to file issues, PRs or requests for your distribution of choice! For any variant that runs in a VM on your machine (such as Docker Desktop and Minikube), we recommend tuning the size of the VM (in terms of CPU and RAM) to your needs, which will vary by the weight of the project(s) you're running. The following pages walk you through installing Kubernetes locally and configuring the plugin. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.garden.io/bonsai-0.13/k8s-plugins/local-k8s.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.