kind runs a local kubernetes cluster by using Docker containers as "nodes."
kind uses the node-image to run kubernetes artifacts, such
as kubeadm or kubelet.
The node-image in turn is built off the base-image, which
installs all the dependencies needed for Docker and Kubernetes to run in a
container.
To build the base-image we use the build command:
$ kind build base-image
If you want to specify the path to the base image source files you can use the
--source flag.
If --source is not specified, kind has enbedded the contents of the in
default base image in pkg/build/base/sources and
will use this to build it.
By default, the base image will be tagged as kindest/base:latest.
If you want to change this, you can use the --image flag.
$ kind build base-image --image base:v0.1.0
Currently, kind supports three different ways to build a node-image: via
apt, or if you have the kubernetes source in your host machine
($GOPATH/src/k8s.io/kubernetes), by using docker or bazel.
To specified the build type use the flag --type.
Kind will default to using the build type docker if none is specified.
$ kind build node-image --type apt
Similarly as for the base-image command, you can specify the name and tag of
the resulting node image using the flag --image.
If you previously changed the name and tag of the base image, you can use here
the flag --base-image to specify the name and tag you used.