How to fix VM issue with minikube start ?

Question

I am a beginner to Kubernetes and starting off with this tutorial. I installed VM and expected to be able to start a cluster by using the command:

minikube star         


        

Answer 1

This definitely worked for me, starting minikube by specifying vm-driver and kubernetes-version

minikube start --vm-driver=hyperkit --kubernetes-version v1.16.0

Answer 2

Have you tried restarting your computer after installing the VirtualBox ? (seems to be also a known bug to docker-machine which is used by minikube to initialize you local env)

Answer 3

Figured out the issue. VirtualBox was not installed correctly as Mac had blocked it. It wasn't obvious at first.

• Restarting won't work if VirtualBox isn't installed correctly.

• System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Allow -> Then allow the software corporation (in this case Oracle)

• Restart

Now it worked as expected.

Answer 4

Sorry not writing the solution, but i found a good link through which you can get the issue resolved

https://medium.com/@DMeechan/fixing-the-installation-failed-virtualbox-error-on-mac-high-sierra-7c421362b5b5