Minikube: Unable to start minikube - Exiting due to DRV_NO_IP: - minikube

Question

I am trying to create the minikube cluster, but It always fails.
Any suggestions are very welcome:
C:\WINDOWS\system32>minikube start --driver=vmware
minikube v1.16.0 on Microsoft Windows 10 Home 10.0.19042 Build 19042
Using the vmware driver based on user configuration
Starting control plane node minikube in cluster minikube
Creating vmware VM (CPUs=2, Memory=4000MB, Disk=20000MB) ...
Deleting "minikube" in vmware ...
! StartHost failed, but will try again: creating host: create: Error creating machine: Error in driver during machine creation: Machine didn't return an IP after 120 seconds, aborting
Creating vmware VM (CPUs=2, Memory=4000MB, Disk=20000MB) ...
Failed to start vmware VM. Running "minikube delete" may fix it: creating host: create: Error creating machine: Error in driver during machine creation: Machine didn't return an IP after 120 seconds, aborting
X Exiting due to DRV_NO_IP: Failed to start host: creating host: create: Error creating machine: Error in driver during machine creation: Machine didn't return an IP after 120 seconds, aborting
Suggestion: Check your firewall rules for interference, and run 'virt-host-validate' to check for KVM configuration issues. If you are running minikube within a VM, consider using --driver=none
Documentation: https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/reference/drivers/kvm2/
Related issues:
https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/4249
https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/3566

Answer 1

I had a similar error when setting up Minikube on Mac OS.
When I run the command minikube start I get the error below:
😄 minikube v1.22.0 on Darwin 11.4
✨ Using the vmware driver based on existing profile
👍 Starting control plane node minikube in cluster minikube
🏃 Updating the running vmware "minikube" VM ...
🤦 StartHost failed, but will try again: provision: IP not found for MAC 00:0c:29:41:e9:b9 in DHCP leases
🏃 Updating the running vmware "minikube" VM ...
😿 Failed to start vmware VM. Running "minikube delete" may fix it: provision: IP not found for MAC 00:0c:29:41:e9:b9 in DHCP leases
❌ Exiting due to GUEST_PROVISION: Failed to start host: provision: IP not found for MAC 00:0c:29:41:e9:b9 in DHCP leases
The issue was caused by an interruption when I was creating the VMWare VM for Minikube.
I tried fixing it by deleting the existing minikube vm and creating another one using:
minikube delete
minikube start
But then I ran into another issue this time:
Exiting due to DRV_NO_IP: Failed to start host: creating host: create: Error creating machine: Error in driver during machine creation: Machine didn't return an IP after 120 seconds, aborting.
Here's how I fixed it
After multiple research, it's just best to set up minikube with docker driver which will save you all this hassle.
For Mac OS:
If you already have docker installed or docker-compose simply uninstall it using:
brew uninstall docker
brew uninstall docker-compose
Next, install Docker desktop. This will install Docker/Docker Desktop, Docker-compose and other dependencies using:
brew install --cask docker
Next, start the docker engine by opening the Docker application. Afterwhich you can confirm the docker version using:
docker --version
Finally, setup minikube using docker driver:
minikube start --driver=docker