minikube start
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 containerdminikube start --feature-gatesminikube start --nodes 2 -p my-multinode-demo
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
See also
minikube start [ --listen-address | --nodes ]- 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
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