minikube installation issues

minikube installation issues faced during setup are listed below for reference.

Issue 1:

Below message appears after issuing minikube start command.

• minikube v1.18.1 on Ubuntu 18.04
• Using the docker driver based on existing profile
• 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/
• Tip: To remove this root owned cluster, run: sudo minikube delete

X Exiting due to DRV_AS_ROOT: The “docker” driver should not be used with root privileges.

Resolution:

I haven’t faced this issue earlier with docker being installed as root user. Upon verifying minikube issues, I could see that options have changed where Docker has to be installed with non-root user and minikube need to be run with non-root user (admin privileges).

I have used below commands and it fixed the issue.

Try using,

minikube start –driver=none

or

minikube start –driver=docker –force

or

Setup docker as default drive for minikube and then run below commands,

minikube config set driver docker

minikube start –force

Issue 2

Issue related to available CPU’s in the VM

Resolution:

I have updated CPU’s to 2 in my Virtualbox VM as given in below screenshot,

Issue 3

Issue on Ubuntu 16 when we try to run minikube start command as, minikube start –driver=none

When I try to run with command, minikube start –driver=none it throws me below error.

• minikube v1.17.1 on Ubuntu 16.04 (vbox/amd64)
• Using the none driver based on user configuration
  X Exiting due to GUEST_MISSING_CONNTRACK: Sorry, Kubernetes 1.20.2 requires conntrack to be installed

Resolution:

If you are on root use, run below command. Or else with a normal user run with adding sudo to the command.

apt-get install -y conntrack

As part of minikube documentation some of the topics related to troubleshooting are mentioned here.

Also, check my earlier post on minikube installation here.