Use the minikube docker registry instead of your local docker
https://kubernetes.io/docs/tutorials/stateless-application/hello-minikube/#create-a-docker-container-image
Set docker to point to minikube
eval $(minikube docker-env)
Push to minikube docker
docker build -t hello-node:v1 .
Set your deployment to not pull IfNotPresent
K8S default is set to “Always”
Change to “IfNotPresent”
imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
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