Offical Doc
- Install Minikuba on windows
- Run Minikuba In PowerShell
PS C:\Users\Mark\Downloads> minikube start
Exception
- X Unable to start VM
- Error: [VBOX_NOT_FOUND] create: precreate: VBoxManage not found.
PS C:\Users\Mark\Downloads> minikube start
* minikube v1.3.1 on Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.17763 Build 17763
* Creating virtualbox VM (CPUs=2, Memory=2000MB, Disk=20000MB) ...
E0827 10:43:56.712876 26684 start.go:723] StartHost: create: precreate: VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path
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X Unable to start VM
* Error: [VBOX_NOT_FOUND] create: precreate: VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path
* Suggestion: Install VirtualBox, ensure that VBoxManage is executable and in path, or select an alternative value for --vm-driver
* Documentation: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
* Related issues:
- https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/3784
- https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/3776
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* If the above advice does not help, please let us know:
- https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/new/choose
Solution Step
reference How to resolve X Unable to start VM
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Open Hyper-V Manager
Menu And Hyper-V Manager -
Click into virtual switch manage
Double Click here -
Create virtual switch
Click and next
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Set virtual switch name and Apply immediately
once after setting the name of virtual switch check your current useable memory enough
If out of current memory may be will throw following exception
E0827 11:08:17.636222 9816 start.go:723] StartHost: create: creating: exit status 1
- Run Default memory is 2000mb
minikube start -p [wcw22] --vm-driver hyperv --hyperv-virtual-switch "virtual switch name"
- minium run memory is 1024
minikube start -p [wcw22] --memory='1024mb' --vm-driver hyperv --hyperv-virtual-switch "wcw22"
