So, I am trying to install minikube on my laptop. I have a windows 7 machine on which I have installed VMware work station and created a centos 7 machine. On that centos machine I want to install minikube. I have followed few steps and installed all the dependencies but finally # minikube start is giving error
[root@localhost ~]# minikube start --vm-driver=virtualbox SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE="X.X.X.X/24" --container-runtime=docker --extra-config kubelet.EnableCustomMetrics=true
There is a newer version of minikube available (v0.33.1). Download it here:
https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases/tag/v0.33.1
To disable this notification, run the following:
minikube config set WantUpdateNotification false
Starting local Kubernetes v1.8.0 cluster...
Starting VM...
Downloading Minikube ISO
140.01 MB / 140.01 MB [============================================] 100.00% 0s
E0214 04:21:19.799121 16837 start.go:150] Error starting host: Error creating host: Error executing step: Creating VM.
: Maximum number of retries (5) exceeded.
Retrying.
E0214 04:21:19.813063 16837 start.go:156] Error starting host: Error creating host: Error executing step: Creating VM.
: Maximum number of retries (5) exceeded
It is not possible to run Minikube (like @BMW stated in his comment) into another VM in the way you are doing it.
You have couple of options to resolve your issue:
1) Try to use minikube start --vm-driver=none instead of minikube start --vm-driver=virtualbox in your current installation
2) You can run Minikube on your Windows 7 machine without using additional Linux VM. An example of the installation, can be found in the Deploying minikube on Windows 7 article. It uses chocolatey as a main resource of minikube during the installation