Multiple Temporal Servers on Minikube#

Running two independent Temporal Server instances locally lets you develop and test cross-cluster patterns – worker bridges, namespace replication, and multi-region failover – without cloud infrastructure. This article walks through deploying two Temporal clusters on minikube using profiles and connecting them over Docker networking.

All configuration files and Makefile targets reference the companion repository at github.com/statherm/temporal-examples in the multi-cluster/ directory.

Why Multiple Clusters?#

A single Temporal cluster handles most use cases. You need multiple clusters when: