I got Kubernetes Minikube on my laptop (4cores, 8 GB RAM). I just performed the basic installation steps (got miniKube and kubectl, enabled the BIOS virtualization) and I am able to start the cluster:
C:\Users\me>minikube start
Starting local Kubernetes cluster...
Starting VM...
SSH-ing files into VM...
Setting up certs...
Starting cluster components...
Connecting to cluster...
Setting up kubeconfig...
Kubectl is now configured to use the cluster.
However, when I try to interact with the cluster, I allways get the same error, sample:
C:\Users\me>kubectl get pods --context=minikube
Unable to connect to the server: dial tcp 192.168.99.100:8443: connectex: A connection attempt failed because the connected party
did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.I execute minikube ip and I ping the result IP and I get a response. Also I tried to give more memory (3Gb vs the standard 2Gb) and nothing changed.
Am I doing something wrong here?
Thanks!
If it keep to hit 8443 connection issue when changed work environment, would simplify turn off TLS verification for minikube local cluster if there is not clue.
https://github.com/robertluwang/docker-hands-on-guide/blob/master/minikube-no-tls-verify.md
Hope it is helpful for you.
BR/ Robert
I think it could be some problem with the cluster, when I run minikube status I've got the mixed results of cluster running and cluster stopped:
First run:
c:\> minikube statusminikube: Running
cluster: Stopped
kubectl: Correctly Configured: pointing to minikube-vm at 192.168.99.100
Second run:
minikube: Running cluster: Running kubectl: Correctly Configured: pointing to minikube-vm at 192.168.99.100
Third run:
minikube: Running
cluster: Stopped
kubectl: Correctly Configured: pointing to minikube-vm at 192.168.99.100
The service is flapping.
UPDATED: Connecting to the minikube vm using minikube ssh I realized the kubeconfig file have wrong path separator for certificates generated by minikube automatic configuration. The path on kubeconfig file stands for \var\lib\localkube\certs\ca.cert and it have to be /var/lib/localkube/certs/ca.cert and so on...
To update the file I have to copy the content of the orignal file to my desktop, fix the directory separators and save the correct file to /var/lib/localkube/kubeconfig and restart the service using:
sudo systemclt restart localkube.I hope everyone can use minikube with this tip.
I had same issue as above. I found out that kubectl couldn't connect to the cluster and would throw up the error when i'm on a VPN connection. When I turned off my VPN client, it started working as fine.