virtualbox
Overview
VirtualBox is minikube’s original driver. It may not provide the fastest start-up time, but it is the most stable driver available for users of Microsoft Windows Home.
Requirements
- VirtualBox 5.2 or higher
Usage
Start a cluster using the virtualbox driver:
minikube start --driver=virtualbox
To make virtualbox the default driver:
minikube config set driver virtualbox
Special features
minikube start supports some VirtualBox specific flags:
--host-only-cidr
: The CIDR to be used for the minikube VM (default “192.168.59.1/24”)- On Linux, Mac OS X and Oracle Solaris with VirtualBox >= 6.1.28, only IP addresses in the 192.68.56.0/21 range are allowed for host-only networking by default. Passing a disallowed value to
--host-only-cidr
will result in a VirtualBox access denied error:VBoxManage: error: Code E_ACCESSDENIED (0x80070005) - Access denied (extended info not available)
.
- On Linux, Mac OS X and Oracle Solaris with VirtualBox >= 6.1.28, only IP addresses in the 192.68.56.0/21 range are allowed for host-only networking by default. Passing a disallowed value to
--no-vtx-check
: Disable checking for the availability of hardware virtualization
Issues
Troubleshooting
- Run
minikube start --alsologtostderr -v=7
to debug crashes
Last modified October 28, 2021: virtualbox: change default `host-only-cidr` (02a43c52e)