hyperkit

Overview

HyperKit is an open-source hypervisor for macOS hypervisor, optimized for lightweight virtual machines and container deployment.

brew install hyperkit

Start a cluster using the hyperkit driver:

minikube start --driver=hyperkit

To make hyperkit the default driver:

minikube config set driver hyperkit

minikube start supports additional hyperkit specific flags:

--hyperkit-vpnkit-sock: Location of the VPNKit socket used for networking. If empty, disables Hyperkit VPNKitSock, if ‘auto’ uses Docker for Mac VPNKit connection, otherwise uses the specified VSock
--hyperkit-vsock-ports: List of guest VSock ports that should be exposed as sockets on the host
--nfs-share: Local folders to share with Guest via NFS mounts
--nfs-shares-root: Where to root the NFS Shares (default “/nfsshares”)
--uuid: Provide VM UUID to restore MAC address

If you are using dnsmasq and minikube fails, add listen-address=192.168.64.1 to dnsmasq.conf.

If you are running other DNS servers, shut them off or specify an alternative bind address.

Run minikube start --alsologtostderr -v=7 to debug crashes

New updates to macOS often require an updated hyperkit driver. To upgrade:

If Docker for Desktop is installed, click on icon in your menu bar and select Check for updates...
If you have Brew Package Manager, run: brew upgrade hyperkit
As a final alternative, you install the latest HyperKit from GitHub
To check your current version, run: hyperkit -v
If the version didn’t change after upgrading verify the correct HyperKit is in the path. run: which hyperkit

Run docker-machine-driver-hyperkit version to make sure the version matches minikube

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