Install kata containers in minikube using kvm with ubuntu as node image

minikube_kata_deploy.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Start minikube with specific configuration
minikube start \
  --vm-driver kvm2 \
  --memory 6144 \
  --network-plugin=cni \
  --enable-default-cni \
  --container-runtime=containerd \
  --bootstrapper=kubeadm

# Wait for minikube to be ready
echo "Waiting for minikube to be ready..."
sleep 10

# Deploy Kata containers and RBAC
cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
  name: kata-deploy-sa
  namespace: kube-system
---
kind: ClusterRole
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
  name: kata-deploy-role
rules:
- apiGroups: [""]
  resources: ["nodes"]
  verbs: ["get", "patch"]
- apiGroups: ["node.k8s.io"]
  resources: ["runtimeclasses"]
  verbs: ["create", "delete", "get", "list", "patch", "update", "watch"]
- apiGroups: ["apps"]
  resources: ["daemonsets"]
  verbs: ["list"]
---
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
  name: kata-deploy-rb
roleRef:
  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
  kind: ClusterRole
  name: kata-deploy-role
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
  name: kata-deploy-sa
  namespace: kube-system
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: DaemonSet
metadata:
  name: kata-deploy
  namespace: kube-system
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      name: kata-deploy
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        name: kata-deploy
    spec:
      serviceAccountName: kata-deploy-sa
      hostPID: true
      containers:
        - name: kube-kata
          image: quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy:latest
          imagePullPolicy: Always
          lifecycle:
            preStop:
              exec:
                command: ["bash", "-c", "/opt/kata-artifacts/scripts/kata-deploy.sh cleanup"]
          command: ["bash", "-c", "/opt/kata-artifacts/scripts/kata-deploy.sh install"]
          env:
            - name: NODE_NAME
              valueFrom:
                fieldRef:
                  fieldPath: spec.nodeName
            - name: DEBUG
              value: "false"
            - name: SHIMS
              value: "clh cloud-hypervisor dragonball fc qemu qemu-coco-dev qemu-runtime-rs qemu-sev qemu-snp qemu-tdx stratovirt qemu-nvidia-gpu qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp qemu-nvidia-gpu-tdx"
            - name: DEFAULT_SHIM
              value: "qemu"
            - name: CREATE_RUNTIMECLASSES
              value: "false"
            - name: CREATE_DEFAULT_RUNTIMECLASS
              value: "false"
            - name: ALLOWED_HYPERVISOR_ANNOTATIONS
              value: ""
            - name: SNAPSHOTTER_HANDLER_MAPPING
              value: ""
            - name: AGENT_HTTPS_PROXY
              value: ""
            - name: AGENT_NO_PROXY
              value: ""
            - name: PULL_TYPE_MAPPING
              value: ""
            - name: INSTALLATION_PREFIX
              value: ""
            - name: MULTI_INSTALL_SUFFIX
              value: ""
          securityContext:
            privileged: true
          volumeMounts:
            - name: crio-conf
              mountPath: /etc/crio/
            - name: containerd-conf
              mountPath: /etc/containerd/
            - name: host
              mountPath: /host/
      volumes:
        - name: crio-conf
          hostPath:
            path: /etc/crio/
        - name: containerd-conf
          hostPath:
            path: /etc/containerd/
        - name: host
          hostPath:
            path: /
  updateStrategy:
    rollingUpdate:
      maxUnavailable: 1
    type: RollingUpdate
---
apiVersion: node.k8s.io/v1
kind: RuntimeClass
metadata:
  name: kata-qemu
handler: kata-qemu
EOF

echo "Waiting for kata-deploy DaemonSet to be ready..."
kubectl rollout status daemonset/kata-deploy -n kube-system

# Add label to nodes for kata containers
kubectl label nodes --all katacontainers.io/kata-runtime=true

# Create a test pod to verify the setup
cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: kata-ubuntu
  namespace: default
spec:
  runtimeClassName: kata-qemu
  containers:
  - name: ubuntu
    image: ubuntu:22.04
    command: ["/bin/bash", "-c", "sleep infinity"]
EOF

echo "Setup complete! Verify the installation with:"
echo "kubectl get pods -n kube-system | grep kata"
echo "kubectl get pod kata-ubuntu"

For minikube installation to work, you need to make sure kvm is ready to use. Follow below steps to get kvm up with qemu
https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/kvm2/