Add --image-repository flag so that users can select an alternative repository mirror

cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ const (
 	apiServerPort         = "apiserver-port"
 	dnsDomain             = "dns-domain"
 	serviceCIDR           = "service-cluster-ip-range"
+	imageRepository       = "image-repository"
 	mountString           = "mount-string"
 	disableDriverMounts   = "disable-driver-mounts"
 	cacheImages           = "cache-images"
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ func init() {
 	startCmd.Flags().String(serviceCIDR, pkgutil.DefaultServiceCIDR, "The CIDR to be used for service cluster IPs.")
 	startCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&insecureRegistry, "insecure-registry", nil, "Insecure Docker registries to pass to the Docker daemon.  The default service CIDR range will automatically be added.")
 	startCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&registryMirror, "registry-mirror", nil, "Registry mirrors to pass to the Docker daemon")
+	startCmd.Flags().String(imageRepository, "", "Image repository to pull down docker images.")
 	startCmd.Flags().String(containerRuntime, "docker", "The container runtime to be used (docker, crio, containerd)")
 	startCmd.Flags().String(criSocket, "", "The cri socket path to be used")
 	startCmd.Flags().String(kubernetesVersion, constants.DefaultKubernetesVersion, "The kubernetes version that the minikube VM will use (ex: v1.2.3)")
@@ -237,7 +239,7 @@ func beginCacheImages(g *errgroup.Group, kVersion string) {
 	}
 	console.OutStyle("caching", "Caching images in the background ...")
 	g.Go(func() error {
-		return machine.CacheImagesForBootstrapper(kVersion, viper.GetString(cmdcfg.Bootstrapper))
+		return machine.CacheImagesForBootstrapper(viper.GetString(imageRepository), kVersion, viper.GetString(cmdcfg.Bootstrapper))
 	})
 }
 
@@ -296,6 +298,7 @@ func generateConfig(cmd *cobra.Command, kVersion string) (cfg.Config, error) {
 			CRISocket:              viper.GetString(criSocket),
 			NetworkPlugin:          selectedNetworkPlugin,
 			ServiceCIDR:            viper.GetString(serviceCIDR),
+			ImageRepository:        viper.GetString(imageRepository),
 			ExtraOptions:           extraOptions,
 			ShouldLoadCachedImages: viper.GetBool(cacheImages),
 			EnableDefaultCNI:       selectedEnableDefaultCNI,

deploy/addons/addon-manager.yaml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ spec:
   hostNetwork: true
   containers:
   - name: kube-addon-manager
-    image: k8s.gcr.io/kube-addon-manager:v8.6
+    image: {{default "k8s.gcr.io" .ImageRepository}}/kube-addon-manager:v8.6
     env:
     - name: KUBECONFIG
       value: /var/lib/minikube/kubeconfig

deploy/addons/dashboard/dashboard-dp.yaml

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: kubernetes-dashboard
-        image: k8s.gcr.io/kubernetes-dashboard-amd64:v1.10.1
+        image: {{default "k8s.gcr.io" .ImageRepository}}/kubernetes-dashboard-amd64:v1.10.1
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         ports:
         - containerPort: 9090

deploy/addons/efk/elasticsearch-rc.yaml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: elasticsearch-logging
-        image: k8s.gcr.io/elasticsearch:v5.6.2
+        image: {{default "k8s.gcr.io" .ImageRepository}}/elasticsearch:v5.6.2
         resources:
           limits:
             cpu: 500m

deploy/addons/efk/fluentd-es-rc.yaml

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: fluentd-es
-        image: k8s.gcr.io/fluentd-elasticsearch:v2.0.2
+        image: {{default "k8s.gcr.io" .ImageRepository}}/fluentd-elasticsearch:v2.0.2
         env:
         - name: FLUENTD_ARGS
           value: --no-supervisor -q

deploy/addons/freshpod/freshpod-rc.yaml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: freshpod
-        image: gcr.io/google-samples/freshpod:v0.0.1
+        image: {{default "gcr.io/google-samples" .ImageRepository}}/freshpod:v0.0.1
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         volumeMounts:
         - name: docker

deploy/addons/gpu/nvidia-driver-installer.yaml

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ spec:
         hostPath:
           path: /
       initContainers:
-      - image: k8s.gcr.io/minikube-nvidia-driver-installer@sha256:492d46f2bc768d6610ec5940b6c3c33c75e03e201cc8786e04cc488659fd6342
+      - image: {{default "k8s.gcr.io" .ImageRepository}}/minikube-nvidia-driver-installer@sha256:492d46f2bc768d6610ec5940b6c3c33c75e03e201cc8786e04cc488659fd6342
         name: nvidia-driver-installer
         resources:
           requests:
@@ -72,5 +72,5 @@ spec:
         - name: root-mount
           mountPath: /root
       containers:
-      - image: "gcr.io/google-containers/pause:2.0"
+      - image: "{{default "gcr.io/google-containers" .ImageRepository}}/pause:2.0"
         name: pause

deploy/addons/gpu/nvidia-gpu-device-plugin.yaml

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ spec:
         hostPath:
           path: /dev
       containers:
-      - image: "k8s.gcr.io/nvidia-gpu-device-plugin@sha256:0842734032018be107fa2490c98156992911e3e1f2a21e059ff0105b07dd8e9e"
+      - image: "{{default "k8s.gcr.io" .ImageRepository}}/nvidia-gpu-device-plugin@sha256:0842734032018be107fa2490c98156992911e3e1f2a21e059ff0105b07dd8e9e"
         command: ["/usr/bin/nvidia-gpu-device-plugin", "-logtostderr"]
         name: nvidia-gpu-device-plugin
         resources:

deploy/addons/gvisor/gvisor-config.toml

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ oom_score = 0
     stream_server_address = ""
     stream_server_port = "10010"
     enable_selinux = false
-    sandbox_image = "k8s.gcr.io/pause:3.1"
+    sandbox_image = "{{default "k8s.gcr.io" .ImageRepository}}/pause:3.1"
     stats_collect_period = 10
     systemd_cgroup = false
     enable_tls_streaming = false

deploy/addons/gvisor/gvisor-pod.yaml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ spec:
   hostPID: true
   containers: 
     - name: gvisor
-      image: gcr.io/k8s-minikube/gvisor-addon:latest
+      image: {{default "gcr.io/k8s-minikube" .ImageRepository}}/gvisor-addon:latest
       securityContext:
         privileged: true
       volumeMounts:

deploy/addons/heapster/heapster-rc.yaml

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: heapster
-        image: k8s.gcr.io/heapster-amd64:v1.5.3
+        image: {{default "k8s.gcr.io" .ImageRepository}}/heapster-amd64:v1.5.3
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         command:
         - /heapster

deploy/addons/heapster/influx-grafana-rc.yaml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: influxdb
-        image: k8s.gcr.io/heapster-influxdb-amd64:v1.3.3
+        image: {{default "k8s.gcr.io" .ImageRepository}}/heapster-influxdb-amd64:v1.3.3
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         ports:
         - name: http
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ spec:
         - mountPath: /data
           name: influxdb-storage
       - name: grafana
-        image: k8s.gcr.io/heapster-grafana-amd64:v4.4.3
+        image: {{default "k8s.gcr.io" .ImageRepository}}/heapster-grafana-amd64:v4.4.3
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         env:
           - name: INFLUXDB_SERVICE_URL

deploy/addons/ingress/ingress-dp.yaml

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ spec:
         # Any image is permissible as long as:
         # 1. It serves a 404 page at /
         # 2. It serves 200 on a /healthz endpoint
-        image: gcr.io/google_containers/defaultbackend:1.4
+        image: {{default "gcr.io/google_containers" .ImageRepository}}/defaultbackend:1.4
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:

deploy/addons/metrics-server/metrics-server-deployment.yaml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: metrics-server
-        image: k8s.gcr.io/metrics-server-amd64:v0.2.1
+        image: {{default "k8s.gcr.io" .ImageRepository}}/metrics-server-amd64:v0.2.1
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         command:
         - /metrics-server

deploy/addons/storage-provisioner/storage-provisioner.yaml

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ spec:
   hostNetwork: true
   containers:
   - name: storage-provisioner
-    image: gcr.io/k8s-minikube/storage-provisioner:v1.8.1
+    image: {{default "gcr.io/k8s-minikube" .ImageRepository}}/storage-provisioner:v1.8.1
     command: ["/storage-provisioner"]
     imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
     volumeMounts: