ipconfig /all

# output:
# Ethernet adapter VirtualBox Host-Only Network:
#   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
#   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter
#   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.56.1(Preferred)

# Verify minishift can be reached from any local path
# Note: On Windows minishift cannot be executed from a network drive
minishift --help

# Optionally Start hypervisor - if you don't start the GUI, it will be started by MiniShift as headless using VBoxHeadless.exe
C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe
# Start minishift
minishift start --vm-driver=virtualbox

-- Starting profile 'minishift'
-- Checking if requested OpenShift version 'v3.7.2' is valid ... OK
-- Checking if requested OpenShift version 'v3.7.2' is supported ... OK
-- Checking if requested hypervisor 'virtualbox' is supported on this platform ... OK
-- Checking if VirtualBox is installed ... OK
-- Checking the ISO URL ... OK
-- Downloading OpenShift binary 'oc' version 'v3.7.2'
 38.44 MiB / 38.44 MiB [=======================================================================================================================================] 100.00% 0s-- Downloading OpenShift v3.7.2 checksums ... OK
-- Checking if provided oc flags are supported ... OK
-- Starting local OpenShift cluster using 'virtualbox' hypervisor ...
-- Minishift VM will be configured with ...
   Memory:    2 GB
   vCPUs :    2
   Disk size: 20 GB

   Downloading ISO 'https://github.com/minishift/minishift-b2d-iso/releases/download/v1.2.0/minishift-b2d.iso'
 40.00 MiB / 40.00 MiB [=======================================================================================================================================] 100.00% 0s
-- Starting Minishift VM ...................................... OK
-- Checking for IP address ... OK
-- Checking for nameservers ... OK
-- Checking if external host is reachable from the Minishift VM ...
   Pinging 8.8.8.8 ... OK
-- Checking HTTP connectivity from the VM ...
   Retrieving http://minishift.io/index.html ... OK
-- Checking if persistent storage volume is mounted ... OK
-- Checking available disk space ... 0% used OK
   Importing 'openshift/origin:v3.7.2' . CACHE MISS
   Importing 'openshift/origin-docker-registry:v3.7.2' . CACHE MISS
   Importing 'openshift/origin-haproxy-router:v3.7.2' . CACHE MISS
-- OpenShift cluster will be configured with ...
   Version: v3.7.2
Starting OpenShift using openshift/origin:v3.7.2 ...
Pulling image openshift/origin:v3.7.2
Pulled 1/4 layers, 26% complete
Pulled 2/4 layers, 78% complete
Pulled 3/4 layers, 90% complete
Pulled 4/4 layers, 100% complete
Extracting
Image pull complete
OpenShift server started.

The server is accessible via web console at:
    https://192.168.99.100:8443

You are logged in as:
    User:     developer
    Password: <any value>

To login as administrator:
    oc login -u system:admin

-- Exporting of OpenShift images is occuring in background process with pid 11256.
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minishift stop

# Start again
minishift start --vm-driver=virtualbox
# What does status print?
minishift status
# Output:
# Minishift:  Running
# Profile:    minishift
# OpenShift:  Running (openshift v3.7.2+5eda3fa-5)
# DiskUsage:  8% of 17.9G

# Print what to exec to add oc to your %path%
minishift oc-env
# Output
# export PATH="C:\Users\youruserid\.minishift\cache\oc\v3.7.2\windows:$PATH"
# Run this command to configure your shell:
# eval $(minishift oc-env)

# Nice - then let's do what it tells us to do. This works at least from the Git bash shell:
eval $(minishift oc-env)

# Did it work?
oc --help

OpenShift Client

This client helps you develop, build, deploy, and run your applications on any OpenShift or Kubernetes compatible platform. It also includes the administrative commands for managing a cluster under the 'adm' subcommand.

Basic Commands:
  types           An introduction to concepts and types
  login           Log in to a server
  new-project     Request a new project
  new-app         Create a new application
  status          Show an overview of the current project
  project         Switch to another project
  projects        Display existing projects
  explain         Documentation of resources
  cluster         Start and stop OpenShift cluster

Build and Deploy Commands:
  rollout         Manage a Kubernetes deployment or OpenShift deployment config
  rollback        Revert part of an application back to a previous deployment
  new-build       Create a new build configuration
  start-build     Start a new build
  cancel-build    Cancel running, pending, or new builds
  import-image    Imports images from a Docker registry
  tag             Tag existing images into image streams

Application Management Commands:
  get             Display one or many resources
  describe        Show details of a specific resource or group of resources
  edit            Edit a resource on the server
  set             Commands that help set specific features on objects
  label           Update the labels on a resource
  annotate        Update the annotations on a resource
  expose          Expose a replicated application as a service or route
  delete          Delete one or more resources
  scale           Change the number of pods in a deployment
  autoscale       Autoscale a deployment config, deployment, replication controller, or replica set
  secrets         Manage secrets
  serviceaccounts Manage service accounts in your project

Troubleshooting and Debugging Commands:
  logs            Print the logs for a resource
  rsh             Start a shell session in a pod
  rsync           Copy files between local filesystem and a pod
  port-forward    Forward one or more local ports to a pod
  debug           Launch a new instance of a pod for debugging
  exec            Execute a command in a container
  proxy           Run a proxy to the Kubernetes API server
  attach          Attach to a running container
  run             Run a particular image on the cluster
  cp              Copy files and directories to and from containers.

Advanced Commands:
  adm             Tools for managing a cluster
  create          Create a resource by filename or stdin
  replace         Replace a resource by filename or stdin
  apply           Apply a configuration to a resource by filename or stdin
  patch           Update field(s) of a resource using strategic merge patch
  process         Process a template into list of resources
  export          Export resources so they can be used elsewhere
  extract         Extract secrets or config maps to disk
  idle            Idle scalable resources
  observe         Observe changes to resources and react to them (experimental)
  policy          Manage authorization policy
  auth            Inspect authorization
  convert         Convert config files between different API versions
  import          Commands that import applications
  image           Useful commands for managing images

Settings Commands:
  logout          End the current server session
  config          Change configuration files for the client
  whoami          Return information about the current session
  completion      Output shell completion code for the specified shell (bash or zsh)

Other Commands:
  help            Help about any command
  plugin          Runs a command-line plugin
  version         Display client and server versions

Use "oc <command> --help" for more information about a given command.
Use "oc options" for a list of global command-line options (applies to all commands).

#!/bin/bash
#shiftcli.sh
# Start a VM and start an OpenShift Cluster inside the VM
minishift start --vm-driver=virtualbox
minishift status
# Enable oc - the CLI
eval $(minishift oc-env)
# print oc cmds, if you prefer CLI to the Web Console
oc --help
# optionally start Web Console if you like that better than the CLI
start chrome https://192.168.99.100:8443/ 

echo "minishift stop #when done"