Make installing minikube optional in dev setup

Makefile

@@ -454,6 +454,7 @@ COMPOSE_OPTS ?=
 CONTROL_PLANE_NODE_COUNT ?= 1
 EXECUTION_NODE_COUNT ?= 2
 MINIKUBE_CONTAINER_GROUP ?= false
+MINIKUBE_SETUP ?= false # if false, run minikube separately
 EXTRA_SOURCES_ANSIBLE_OPTS ?=
 
 ifneq ($(ADMIN_PASSWORD),)
@@ -462,7 +463,7 @@ endif
 
 docker-compose-sources: .git/hooks/pre-commit
 	@if [ $(MINIKUBE_CONTAINER_GROUP) = true ]; then\
-	    ansible-playbook -i tools/docker-compose/inventory tools/docker-compose-minikube/deploy.yml; \
+	    ansible-playbook -i tools/docker-compose/inventory -e minikube_setup=$(MINIKUBE_SETUP) tools/docker-compose-minikube/deploy.yml; \
 	fi;
 
 	ansible-playbook -i tools/docker-compose/inventory tools/docker-compose/ansible/sources.yml \

tools/docker-compose-minikube/minikube/defaults/main.yml

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ addons:
 minikube_url_linux: 'https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64'
 minikube_url_macos: 'https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-darwin-amd64'
 
-kubectl_url_linux: 'https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.21.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl'
-kubectl_url_macos: 'https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.21.0/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl'
+kubectl_url_linux: 'https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.25.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl'
+kubectl_url_macos: 'https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.25.0/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl'
 
 # Service Account Name
 minikube_service_account_name: 'awx-devel'

tools/docker-compose-minikube/minikube/tasks/main.yml

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
     state: 'directory'
     mode: '0700'
 
+- name: debug minikube_setup
+  debug:
+    var: minikube_setup
+
 # Linux block
 - block:
     - name: Download Minikube
@@ -24,6 +28,7 @@
   when:
     - ansible_architecture == "x86_64"
     - ansible_system == "Linux"
+    - minikube_setup | default(False) | bool
 
 # MacOS block
 - block:
@@ -41,25 +46,29 @@
   when:
     - ansible_architecture == "x86_64"
     - ansible_system == "Darwin"
+    - minikube_setup | default(False) | bool
 
-- name: Starting Minikube
-  shell: "{{ sources_dest }}/minikube start --driver={{ driver }} --install-addons=true --addons={{ addons | join(',') }}"
-  register: minikube_stdout
+- block:
+    - name: Starting Minikube
+      shell: "{{ sources_dest }}/minikube start --driver={{ driver }} --install-addons=true --addons={{ addons | join(',') }}"
+      register: minikube_stdout
 
-- name: Enable Ingress Controller on Minikube
-  shell: "{{ sources_dest }}/minikube addons enable ingress"
+    - name: Enable Ingress Controller on Minikube
+      shell: "{{ sources_dest }}/minikube addons enable ingress"
+      when:
+        - minikube_stdout.rc == 0
+      register: _minikube_ingress
+      ignore_errors: true
+
+    - name: Show Minikube Ingress known-issue 7332 warning
+      pause:
+        seconds: 5
+        prompt: "The Minikube Ingress addon has been disabled since it looks like you are hitting https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/7332"
+      when:
+        - '"minikube/issues/7332" in _minikube_ingress.stderr'
+        - ansible_system == "Darwin"
   when:
-    - minikube_stdout.rc == 0
-  register: _minikube_ingress
-  ignore_errors: true
-
-- name: Show Minikube Ingress known-issue 7332 warning
-  pause:
-    seconds: 5
-    prompt: "The Minikube Ingress addon has been disabled since it looks like you are hitting https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/7332"
-  when:
-    - '"minikube/issues/7332" in _minikube_ingress.stderr'
-    - ansible_system == "Darwin"
+    - minikube_setup | default(False) | bool
 
 - name: Create ServiceAccount and clusterRoleBinding
   k8s:

tools/docker-compose/README.md

@@ -301,11 +301,19 @@ Note that you may see multiple messages of the form `2021-03-04 20:11:47,666 WAR
 
 To bring up a 1 node AWX + minikube that is accessible from AWX run the following.
 
+Start minikube
+
+```bash
+(host)$minikube start --cpus=4  --memory=8g --addons=ingress`
+```
+
+Start AWX
+
 ```bash
 (host)$ make docker-compose-container-group
 ```
 
-Alternatively, you can set the env var `MINIKUBE_CONTAINER_GROUP=true` to use the default dev env bring up. his way you can use other env flags like the cluster node count.
+Alternatively, you can set the env var `MINIKUBE_CONTAINER_GROUP=true` to use the default dev env bring up. his way you can use other env flags like the cluster node count. Set `MINIKUBE_SETUP=true` to make the roles download, install and run minikube for you, but if you run into issues with this just start minikube yourself.
 
 ```bash
 (host)$ MINIKUBE_CONTAINER_GROUP=true make docker-compose