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Mikikube start examples
minikube startminikube start --helpminikube start --vm=trueminikube start --driver=kvm2minikube start --driver=dockerminikube start --driver=podmanminikube start --memory 4096minikube start --container-runtime containerd
macOS
Minikube 1.31.2
😄 minikube v1.31.2 on Darwin 13.5.2 (arm64) ✨ Automatically selected the docker driver 📌 Using Docker Desktop driver with root privileges 👍 Starting control plane node minikube in cluster minikube 🚜 Pulling base image ... 💾 Downloading Kubernetes v1.27.4 preload ... > preloaded-images-k8s-v18-v1...: 327.74 MiB / 327.74 MiB 100.00% 492.53 §§ > gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase...: 404.50 MiB / 404.50 MiB 100.00% 490.36 🔥 Creating docker container (CPUs=2, Memory=4000MB) ... 🐳 Preparing Kubernetes v1.27.4 on Docker 24.0.4 ... ▪ Generating certificates and keys ... ▪ Booting up control plane ... ▪ Configuring RBAC rules ... 🔗 Configuring bridge CNI (Container Networking Interface) ... ▪ Using image gcr.io/k8s-minikube/storage-provisioner:v5 🔎 Verifying Kubernetes components... 🌟 Enabled addons: default-storageclass, storage-provisioner 🏄 Done! kubectl is now configured to use "minikube" cluster and "default" namespace by default
Minikube 1.27.1
minikube start 😄 minikube v1.27.1 on Ubuntu 22.04 (arm64) ✨ Automatically selected the docker driver. Other choices: ssh, none ⛔ Exiting due to RSRC_INSUFFICIENT_CORES: Requested cpu count 2 is greater than the available cpus of 1
😄 minikube v1.27.1 on Ubuntu 22.04 (arm64)
👎 Unable to pick a default driver. Here is what was considered, in preference order:
▪ docker: Not healthy: "docker version --format {{.Server.Os}}-{{.Server.Version}}" exit status 1: Got permission
denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Get
"http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.24/version": dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied
▪ docker: Suggestion: Add your user to the 'docker' group: 'sudo usermod -aG docker $USER && newgrp docker'
<https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall/>
💡 Alternatively you could install one of these drivers:
▪ kvm2: Not installed: exec: "virsh": executable file not found in $PATH
▪ vmware: Not installed: exec: "docker-machine-driver-vmware": executable file not found in $PATH
▪ podman: Not installed: exec: "podman": executable file not found in $PATH
▪ virtualbox: Not installed: unable to find VBoxManage in $PATH
▪ qemu2: Not installed: exec: "qemu-system-aarch64": executable file not found in $PATH
❌ Exiting due to DRV_NOT_HEALTHY: Found driver(s) but none were healthy. See above for suggestions how to fix
installed drivers.
😄 minikube v1.27.1 on Ubuntu 22.04 (arm64)
▪ MINIKUBE_ROOTLESS=true
✨ Automatically selected the podman driver
⛔ Exiting due to RSRC_INSUFFICIENT_CONTAINER_MEMORY: podman only has 961MiB available, less than the required 1800MiB for Kubernetes
😄 minikube v1.27.1 on Ubuntu 22.04 (arm64)
▪ MINIKUBE_ROOTLESS=true
✨ Automatically selected the podman driver
📌 Using rootless Podman driver
❌ Exiting due to MK_USAGE: --container-runtime must be set to "containerd" or "cri-o" for rootless
.../... 😿 Failed to start podman container. Running "minikube delete" may fix it: creating host: create: creating: setting up container node: creating volume for minikube container: podman volume create minikube --label name.minikube.sigs.k8s.io=minikube --label created_by.minikube.sigs.k8s.io=true: exit status 125 stdout: stderr: Error: volume with name minikube already exists: volume already exists ❌ Exiting due to GUEST_PROVISION: Failed to start host: creating host: create: creating: setting up container node: creating volume for minikube container: podman volume create minikube --label name.minikube.sigs.k8s.io=minikube -- label created_by.minikube.sigs.k8s.io=true: exit status 125 stdout: stderr: Error: volume with name minikube already exists: volume already exists
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Minikube 1.27.0
😄 minikube v1.27.0 on Darwin 12.6 (arm64) ❗ Kubernetes 1.25.0 has a known issue with resolv.conf. minikube is using a workaround that should work for most use cases. ❗ For more information, see: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/112135 ✨ Using the docker driver based on existing profile 👍 Starting control plane node minikube in cluster minikube 🚜 Pulling base image ... 🔄 Restarting existing docker container for "minikube" ... 🐳 Preparing Kubernetes v1.25.0 on Docker 20.10.17 ... 🔎 Verifying Kubernetes components... ▪ Using image gcr.io/k8s-minikube/storage-provisioner:v5 🌟 Enabled addons: default-storageclass, storage-provisioner 🏄 Done! kubectl is now configured to use "minikube" cluster and "default" namespace by default
Minikube 1.25.2
.../... ❌ Problems detected in kubelet: May 19 15:25:56 minikube kubelet[179323]: E0519 15:25:56.304268 179323 kubelet.go:1431] "Failed to start ContainerManager" err=" [open /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory: permission denied, open /proc/sys/kernel/panic: permission denied, open /proc/sys/kernel/panic_on_oops: permission denied]"
Minikube 1.25.2
minikube start 😄 minikube v1.25.2 on Darwin 12.0.1 (arm64) ✨ Using the docker driver based on existing profile 💣 Exiting due to PROVIDER_DOCKER_VERSION_EXIT_1: "docker version --format -" exit status 1: Error response from daemon: Bad response from Docker engine 📘 Documentation: https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/docker/
minikube start 😄 minikube v1.25.2 on Darwin 12.5.1 (arm64) ✨ Using the docker driver based on existing profile 💣 Exiting due to PROVIDER_DOCKER_VERSION_EXIT_1: "docker version --format -" exit status 1: Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Get "http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.24/version": dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied 📘 Documentation: https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/docker/
Minikube 1.25.2
😄 minikube v1.25.2 on Darwin 12.5.1 (arm64) ✨ Using the podman (experimental) driver based on existing profile 💣 Exiting due to PROVIDER_PODMAN_NOT_RUNNING: "podman version --format " exit status 125: Cannot connect to Podman. Please verify your connection to the Linux system using `podman system connection list`, or try `podman machine init` and `podman machine start` to manage a new Linux VM Error: unable to connect to Podman. failed to create sshClient: connection to bastion host (ssh://core@localhost:51276/run/user/501/podman/podman.sock) failed: dial tcp [::1]:51276: connect: connection refused 📘 Documentation: https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/podman/
Minikube v1.25.1
minikube start 😄 minikube v1.25.1 on Darwin 12.0.1 (arm64) ✨ Automatically selected the docker driver 👍 Starting control plane node minikube in cluster minikube 🚜 Pulling base image ... 💾 Downloading Kubernetes v1.23.1 preload ... > preloaded-images-k8s-v16-v1...: 417.88 MiB / 417.88 MiB 100.00% 1.61 MiB > gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase: 343.02 MiB / 343.02 MiB 100.00% 1.18 MiB p/ 🔥 Creating docker container (CPUs=2, Memory=1988MB) ... 🐳 Preparing Kubernetes v1.23.1 on Docker 20.10.12 ... ▪ kubelet.housekeeping-interval=5m ▪ Generating certificates and keys ... ▪ Booting up control plane ... ▪ Configuring RBAC rules ... 🔎 Verifying Kubernetes components... ▪ Using image gcr.io/k8s-minikube/storage-provisioner:v5 🌟 Enabled addons: default-storageclass, storage-provisioner 🏄 Done! kubectl is now configured to use "minikube" cluster and "default" namespace by default
Minikube v1.25.1 with errors
minikube start
😄 minikube v1.25.1 on Darwin 12.0.1 (arm64)
👎 Unable to pick a default driver. Here is what was considered, in preference order:
💡 Alternatively you could install one of these drivers:
▪ docker: Not installed: exec: "docker": executable file not found in $PATH
▪ hyperkit: Not installed: exec: "hyperkit": executable file not found in $PATH
▪ parallels: Not installed: exec: "prlctl": executable file not found in $PATH
▪ vmware: Not installed: exec: "docker-machine-driver-vmware": executable file not found in $PATH
▪ virtualbox: Not installed: unable to find VBoxManage in $PATH
▪ podman: Not installed: exec: "podman": executable file not found in $PATH
❌ Exiting due to DRV_NOT_DETECTED: No possible driver was detected. Try specifying --driver, or see
https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/start/
Minikube v1.22.0
minikube start
😄 minikube v1.22.0 on Darwin 11.3
✨ Using the virtualbox driver based on existing profile
👍 Starting control plane node minikube in cluster minikube
🔄 Restarting existing virtualbox VM for "minikube" ...
❗ This VM is having trouble accessing https://k8s.gcr.io
💡 To pull new external images, you may need to configure a proxy: https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/reference/networking/proxy/
🐳 Preparing Kubernetes v1.21.2 on Docker 20.10.6 ...
▪ Generating certificates and keys ...
▪ Booting up control plane ...
▪ Configuring RBAC rules ...
🔎 Verifying Kubernetes components...
▪ Using image gcr.io/k8s-minikube/storage-provisioner:v5
🌟 Enabled addons: storage-provisioner, default-storageclass
🏄 Done! kubectl is now configured to use "minikube" cluster and "default" namespace by default
minikube start
😄 minikube v1.22.0 on Darwin 11.3
✨ Automatically selected the virtualbox driver
💿 Downloading VM boot image ...
> minikube-v1.22.0.iso.sha256: 65 B / 65 B [-------------] 100.00% ? p/s 0s
> minikube-v1.22.0.iso: 242.95 MiB / 242.95 MiB 100.00% 1.56 MiB p/s 2m36s
👍 Starting control plane node minikube in cluster minikube
💾 Downloading Kubernetes v1.21.2 preload ...
> preloaded-images-k8s-v11-v1...: 502.14 MiB / 502.14 MiB 100.00% 1.29 MiB
🔥 Creating virtualbox VM (CPUs=2, Memory=2200MB, Disk=20000MB) ...
🔥 Deleting "minikube" in virtualbox ...
🤦 StartHost failed, but will try again: creating host: create: creating: Error setting up host only network on machine start: The host-
only adapter we just created is not visible. This is a well known VirtualBox bug. You might want to uninstall it and reinstall at least
version 5.0.12 that is is supposed to fix this issue
🔥 Creating virtualbox VM (CPUs=2, Memory=2200MB, Disk=20000MB) ...
😿 Failed to start virtualbox VM. Running "minikube delete" may fix it: creating host: create: creating: Error setting up host only
network on machine start: The host-only adapter we just created is not visible. This is a well known VirtualBox bug. You might want to
uninstall it and reinstall at least version 5.0.12 that is is supposed to fix this issue
❌ Exiting due to IF_VBOX_NOT_VISIBLE: Failed to start host: creating host: create: creating: Error setting up host only network on
machine start: The host-only adapter we just created is not visible. This is a well known VirtualBox bug. You might want to uninstall it
and reinstall at least version 5.0.12 that is is supposed to fix this issue
💡 Suggestion: Reboot to complete VirtualBox installation, verify that VirtualBox is not blocked by your system, and/or use another
hypervisor
📘 Documentation: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52277019/how-to-fix-vm-issue-with-minikube-start
🍿 Related issues:
▪ https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/3614
▪ https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/4222
▪ https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/5817
Minikube v1.18.1 on macOS
minikube start
😄 minikube v1.18.1 on Darwin 10.14.6
🆕 Kubernetes 1.20.2 is now available. If you would like to upgrade, specify: --kubernetes-version=v1.20.2
✨ Using the docker driver based on existing profile
👍 Starting control plane node minikube in cluster minikube
🔄 Restarting existing docker container for "minikube" ...
🐳 Preparing Kubernetes v1.18.3 on Docker 19.03.8 ...
🔎 Verifying Kubernetes components...
▪ Using image kubernetesui/dashboard:v2.1.0
▪ Using image kubernetesui/metrics-scraper:v1.0.4
▪ Using image bitnami/kubectl:1.17
▪ Using image gcr.io/k8s-minikube/storage-provisioner:v4
▪ Using image heketi/heketi:10
▪ Using image gluster/glusterfile-provisioner:latest
▪ Using image quay.io/nixpanic/glusterfs-server:pr_fake-disk
🌟 Enabled addons: storage-provisioner-gluster, default-storageclass, dashboard
🏄 Done! kubectl is now configured to use "minikube" cluster and "" namespace by default
Version v1.24.0 on WSL
😄 minikube v1.24.0 on Ubuntu 20.04
👎 Unable to pick a default driver. Here is what was considered, in preference order:
▪ docker: Not healthy: "docker version --format Template:.Server.Os-Template:.Server.Version" exit status 1: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at
unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?
▪ docker: Suggestion: Start the Docker service <https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/docker/>
▪ kvm2: Not installed: exec: "virsh": executable file not found in $PATH
▪ vmware: Not installed: exec: "docker-machine-driver-vmware": executable file not found in $PATH
▪ podman: Not installed: exec: "podman": executable file not found in $PATH
▪ virtualbox: Not installed: unable to find VBoxManage in $PATH
❌ Exiting due to DRV_DOCKER_NOT_RUNNING: Found docker, but the docker service isn't running. Try restarting the docker
Version 1.18.1 on Ubuntu 20.10
minikube start 😄 minikube v1.18.1 on Ubuntu 20.10 ✨ Automatically selected the docker driver. Other choices: none, ssh 🛑 The "docker" driver should not be used with root privileges. 💡 If you are running minikube within a VM, consider using --driver=none: 📘 https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/reference/drivers/none/ ❌ Exiting due to DRV_AS_ROOT: The "docker" driver should not be used with root privileges.
Version 1.18.1 on Ubuntu 20.04
minikube start
😄 minikube v1.18.1 on Ubuntu 20.04
👎 Unable to pick a default driver. Here is what was considered, in preference order:
▪ vmware: Not installed: exec: "docker-machine-driver-vmware": executable file not found in $PATH
▪ docker: Not installed: exec: "docker": executable file not found in $PATH
▪ kvm2: Not healthy: /usr/bin/virsh domcapabilities --virttype kvm failed:
error: failed to get emulator capabilities
error: invalid argument: KVM is not supported by '/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64' on this host
▪ none: Not installed: exec: "docker": executable file not found in $PATH
▪ podman: Not installed: exec: "podman": executable file not found in $PATH
▪ virtualbox: Not installed: unable to find VBoxManage in $PATH
❌ Exiting due to DRV_NOT_DETECTED: No possible driver was detected. Try specifying --driver, or see https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/start/
Version 1.12.3 on macOS
minikube start
😄 minikube v1.12.3 on Darwin 10.14.6
✨ Automatically selected the docker driver
❗ Increase Docker for Desktop memory to at least 2.5GB or more:
Docker for Desktop > Settings > Resources > Memory
❗ Requested memory allocation (1990MB) is less than the recommended minimum 2000MB. Kubernetes may crash unexpectedly.
❗ Your system has 16384MB memory but Docker has only 1990MB. For a better performance increase to at least 3GB.
Docker for Desktop > Settings > Resources > Memory
👍 Starting control plane node minikube in cluster minikube
🚜 Pulling base image ...
💾 Downloading Kubernetes v1.18.3 preload ...
> preloaded-images-k8s-v5-v1.18.3-docker-overlay2-amd64.tar.lz4: 510.91 MiB
🔥 Creating docker container (CPUs=2, Memory=1990MB) ...
🐳 Preparing Kubernetes v1.18.3 on Docker 19.03.8 ...
🔎 Verifying Kubernetes components...
🌟 Enabled addons: default-storageclass, storage-provisioner
🏄 Done! kubectl is now configured to use "minikube"
❗ /usr/local/bin/kubectl is version 1.16.6-beta.0, which may be incompatible with Kubernetes 1.18.3.
💡 You can also use 'minikube kubectl -- get pods' to invoke a matching version
Version v1.9.2 on macOS
minikube start 😄 minikube v1.9.2 on Darwin 10.14.6 ✨ Automatically selected the hyperkit driver 💾 Downloading driver docker-machine-driver-hyperkit: > docker-machine-driver-hyperkit.sha256: 65 B / 65 B [---] 100.00% ? p/s 0s > docker-machine-driver-hyperkit: 10.90 MiB / 10.90 MiB 100.00% 4.61 MiB p 🔑 The 'hyperkit' driver requires elevated permissions. The following commands will be executed: $ sudo chown root:wheel /Users/USERNAME/.minikube/bin/docker-machine-driver-hyperkit $ sudo chmod u+s /Users/USERNAME/.minikube/bin/docker-machine-driver-hyperkit 💿 Downloading VM boot image ... > minikube-v1.9.0.iso.sha256: 65 B / 65 B [--------------] 100.00% ? p/s 0s > minikube-v1.9.0.iso: 174.93 MiB / 174.93 MiB [] 100.00% 13.98 MiB p/s 12s 👍 Starting control plane node m01 in cluster minikube 💾 Downloading Kubernetes v1.18.0 preload ... > preloaded-images-k8s-v2-v1.18.0-docker-overlay2-amd64.tar.lz4: 542.91 MiB 🔥 Creating hyperkit VM (CPUs=2, Memory=4000MB, Disk=20000MB) ... 🐳 Preparing Kubernetes v1.18.0 on Docker 19.03.8 ... 🌟 Enabling addons: default-storageclass, storage-provisioner 🏄 Done! kubectl is now configured to use "minikube" ❗ /usr/local/bin/kubectl is v1.15.5, which may be incompatible with Kubernetes v1.18.0. 💡 You can also use 'minikube kubectl -- get pods' to invoke a matching version
With errors
minikube start Starting local Kubernetes cluster... E0820 12:06:07.966435 2393 start.go:83] Error starting host: Error creating new host: dial tcp: missing address. Retrying. E0820 12:06:07.979545 2393 start.go:83] Error starting host: Error creating new host: dial tcp: missing address. Retrying. E0820 12:06:07.994242 2393 start.go:83] Error starting host: Error creating new host: dial tcp: missing address. Retrying. E0820 12:06:07.994465 2393 start.go:89] Error starting host: Error creating new host: dial tcp: missing address Error creating new host: dial tcp: missing address Error creating new host: dial tcp: missing address
Related terms
minikube statusminikube stopminikube deleteminikube configsnap install dockerdocker startdocker stop- VirtualBox
kubectl cluster-infokubectl config viewdocker, hyperkit, parallels, vmware, virtualbox, podman- Icons
kubectl get pods -Aminikube profile list
See also
- minikube: [
status|start|stop|version|addons|addons list|addons enable|dashboard|logs|tunnel|ssh|config|image | delete],config setminikube start --vm=true, kicbase,~/.minikube/, minikube --help, Minikube changelog - Kubernetes: distributions, tools, CKA, CKS, Kubernetes interfaces: CSI, CNI, installation, workloads, networking,
kubeadm,Kubernetes API, Kubernetes API Server,kubectl, kubeadm, kubelet, kube-proxy, Cloud services: EKS, GKE, TKE, DKS, Helm, Kubernetes RBAC, Kubernetes deployments, Minikube, Rancher, OpenShift, Charmed Kubernetes, Ingress, Kubernetes scheduler, Kubernetes Finalizers, logging, Kubernetes operator, Orka,kind:, Kubernetes namespaces, Kubernetes dashboard, Kubernetes Metrics Server, Field Selectors, CoreDNS, CRI, Kubernetes Topology Manager, Kubernetes governance: (SIG, KEP), Kustomize, controllers,ReadinessProbe, LivenessProbe, KOPS, K9s, Kui, k3s, ImagePullBackOff, PDB, EndPoints, Kots, metadata, Karpenter, Replicated.com, Kubernetes Authenticating, Kubernetes timeline, Changelog/Versions, service accounts, Kubernetes Pod Lifecycle, Kubernetes Conformance Certified, Kubernetes backup, Kubernetes Pod Security Admission, tEKS, Kubernetes events, Kubernetes ports, Kubernetes policies, Connect, addons, DoKC, Kubernetes control plane, Kubernetes Federation, Kubernetes info, Kubetest2, Sidecar (Kubernetes)
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