minikube - E0410 - start.go:159] Error starting host: Error starting stopped host: Machine didn't return an IP after 120 seconds, aborting

4/10/2018

Why am I getting this error when starting minikube?

minikube start --vm-driver=hyperkit --disk-size=2g
Starting local Kubernetes v1.9.4 cluster...
Starting VM...
E0410 16:26:12.652851    6972 start.go:159] Error starting host: Error starting stopped host: Machine didn't return an IP after 120 seconds, aborting.

and how would you fix it?

-- Snowcrash
kubernetes
minikube

1 Answer

4/15/2018

Have you tried minikube delete followed by minikube start --vm-driver=hyperkit (or are you using another driver)?

-- Tobi
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