Hyper-v and VirtualBox conflict in Dockers with Minikube
I'm trying to scale my docker containers with Minikube on Windows 10 Enterprise Edition. However, I'm running into a few conflicts with Hyper-V and VirtualBox. I know Dockers require Hyper-V to run properly while Minikube requires VirtualBox to run (shows an error if Hyper-V is enabled)
C:\WINDOWS\system32>minikube start
Starting local Kubernetes v1.10.0 cluster...
Starting VM...
Downloading Minikube ISO
160.27 MB / 160.27 MB [============================================] 100.00%
0s
E0822 11:42:07.898412 13028 start.go:174] Error starting host: Error
creating host: Error executing step: Running precreate checks.
: This computer is running Hyper-V. VirtualBox won't boot a 64bits VM when
Hyper-V is activated. Either use Hyper-V as a driver, or disable the Hyper-V
hypervisor. (To skip this check, use --virtualbox-no-vtx-check).
If I disable, Hyper-V, I'm able to start minikube properly but Dockers does not work and shows an error to enable Hyper-V.
I also tried running minikube with Hyper-V driver, but also get this error:
C:\WINDOWS\system32>minikube start --vm-driver hyperv
Starting local Kubernetes v1.10.0 cluster...
Starting VM...
E0822 11:44:32.323877 13120 start.go:174] Error starting host: Error
creating host: Error executing step: Running precreate checks.
: no External vswitch found. A valid vswitch must be available for this
command to run. Check https://docs.docker.com/machine/drivers/hyper-v/.Any solution to this?
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Next steps solved my problem:
> minikube start --vm-driver=hyperv -v 9999If there is another error such
Error: [HYPERV_NO_VSWITCH] create: precreate: no External vswitch found. A valid vswitch must be available for this command to run
Just create a switch manually.
I also tried running minikube with Hyper-V driver, but also get this error:
There is an explicit warning about that HyperV and vswitch situation in their docs: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/blob/v0.28.2/docs/drivers.md#hyperv-driver
Although in minikube's defense, it also does say right at the end the URL one should go to in order to read about the --hyperv-virtual-switch flag one should provide in addition to --vm-driver=hyperv.
Navigating to that linked docker page, it even provides a step-by-step with screenshots example of how to accomplish that.