Minikube start command is not working

[sureshops111]

What Happened?

root@ip-172-31-7-230:~# minikube start --vm-driver=none
😄 minikube v1.31.2 on Ubuntu 22.04 (xen/amd64)
✨ Using the none driver based on existing profile
👍 Starting control plane node minikube in cluster minikube
🔄 Restarting existing none bare metal machine for "minikube" ...
ℹ️ OS release is Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS

❌ Exiting due to RUNTIME_ENABLE: Failed to enable container runtime: sudo systemctl restart cri-docker: exit status 1
stdout:

stderr:
Job for cri-docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status cri-docker.service" and "journalctl -xeu cri-docker.service" for details.

Attach the log file

• ==> Audit <==

• |---------|------------------|----------|------|---------|---------------------|---------------------|
  | Command | Args | Profile | User | Version | Start Time | End Time |
  |---------|------------------|----------|------|---------|---------------------|---------------------|
  | start | --vm-driver=none | minikube | root | v1.31.2 | 30 Aug 23 04:02 UTC | |
  | start | --vm-driver=none | minikube | root | v1.31.2 | 30 Aug 23 04:03 UTC | |
  | start | --vm-driver=none | minikube | root | v1.31.2 | 30 Aug 23 04:05 UTC | |
  | delete | | minikube | root | v1.31.2 | 30 Aug 23 04:06 UTC | 30 Aug 23 04:06 UTC |
  | start | --vm-driver=none | minikube | root | v1.31.2 | 30 Aug 23 04:06 UTC | |
  | start | --vm-driver=none | minikube | root | v1.31.2 | 30 Aug 23 04:07 UTC | |
  | start | --vm-driver=none | minikube | root | v1.31.2 | 30 Aug 23 04:11 UTC | |
  | start | | minikube | root | v1.31.2 | 30 Aug 23 04:11 UTC | |
  | stop | | minikube | root | v1.31.2 | 30 Aug 23 04:13 UTC | 30 Aug 23 04:13 UTC |
  | start | | minikube | root | v1.31.2 | 30 Aug 23 04:13 UTC | |
  | start | | minikube | root | v1.31.2 | 30 Aug 23 04:13 UTC | |
  | start | | minikube | root | v1.31.2 | 30 Aug 23 04:17 UTC | |
  | start | | minikube | root | v1.31.2 | 30 Aug 23 04:19 UTC | |
  | delete | | minikube | root | v1.31.2 | 30 Aug 23 04:26 UTC | 30 Aug 23 04:26 UTC |
  | start | --driver=docker | minikube | root | v1.31.2 | 30 Aug 23 04:26 UTC | |
  | start | --vm-driver=none | minikube | root | v1.31.2 | 30 Aug 23 04:27 UTC | |
  |---------|------------------|----------|------|---------|---------------------|---------------------|

• ==> Last Start <==

• Log file created at: 2023/08/30 04:27:15
  Running on machine: ip-172-31-7-230
  Binary: Built with gc go1.20.7 for linux/amd64
  Log line format: [IWEF]mmdd hh:mm:ss.uuuuuu threadid file:line] msg
  I0830 04:27:15.753784 12644 out.go:296] Setting OutFile to fd 1 ...
  I0830 04:27:15.753941 12644 out.go:348] isatty.IsTerminal(1) = true
  I0830 04:27:15.753946 12644 out.go:309] Setting ErrFile to fd 2...
  I0830 04:27:15.753953 12644 out.go:348] isatty.IsTerminal(2) = true
  I0830 04:27:15.754183 12644 root.go:338] Updating PATH: /root/.minikube/bin
  W0830 04:27:15.754316 12644 root.go:314] Error reading config file at /root/.minikube/config/config.json: open /root/.minikube/config/config.json: no such file or directory
  I0830 04:27:15.754504 12644 out.go:303] Setting JSON to false
  I0830 04:27:15.755264 12644 start.go:128] hostinfo: {"hostname":"ip-172-31-7-230","uptime":1864,"bootTime":1693367772,"procs":113,"os":"linux","platform":"ubuntu","platformFamily":"debian","platformVersion":"22.04","kernelVersion":"5.19.0-1025-aws","kernelArch":"x86_64","virtualizationSystem":"xen","virtualizationRole":"guest","hostId":"ec229114-9b3f-59b6-9e6f-40d0c605fa5f"}
  I0830 04:27:15.755328 12644 start.go:138] virtualization: xen guest
  I0830 04:27:15.758882 12644 out.go:177] 😄 minikube v1.31.2 on Ubuntu 22.04 (xen/amd64)
  W0830 04:27:15.762191 12644 preload.go:295] Failed to list preload files: open /root/.minikube/cache/preloaded-tarball: no such file or directory
  I0830 04:27:15.762380 12644 notify.go:220] Checking for updates...
  I0830 04:27:15.763345 12644 config.go:182] Loaded profile config "minikube": Driver=none, ContainerRuntime=docker, KubernetesVersion=v1.27.4
  I0830 04:27:15.763641 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: systemctl --version
  I0830 04:27:15.766128 12644 driver.go:373] Setting default libvirt URI to qemu:///system
  I0830 04:27:15.769002 12644 out.go:177] ✨ Using the none driver based on existing profile
  I0830 04:27:15.771405 12644 start.go:298] selected driver: none
  I0830 04:27:15.771412 12644 start.go:902] validating driver "none" against &{Name:minikube KeepContext:false EmbedCerts:false MinikubeISO: KicBaseImage:gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase:v0.0.40@sha256:8cadf23777709e43eca447c47a45f5a4635615129267ce025193040ec92a1631 Memory:2200 CPUs:2 DiskSize:20000 VMDriver: Driver:none HyperkitVpnKitSock: HyperkitVSockPorts:[] DockerEnv:[] ContainerVolumeMounts:[] InsecureRegistry:[] RegistryMirror:[] HostOnlyCIDR:192.168.59.1/24 HypervVirtualSwitch: HypervUseExternalSwitch:false HypervExternalAdapter: KVMNetwork:default KVMQemuURI:qemu:///system KVMGPU:false KVMHidden:false KVMNUMACount:1 APIServerPort:0 DockerOpt:[] DisableDriverMounts:false NFSShare:[] NFSSharesRoot:/nfsshares UUID: NoVTXCheck:false DNSProxy:false HostDNSResolver:true HostOnlyNicType:virtio NatNicType:virtio SSHIPAddress: SSHUser:root SSHKey: SSHPort:22 KubernetesConfig:{KubernetesVersion:v1.27.4 ClusterName:minikube Namespace:default APIServerName:minikubeCA APIServerNames:[] APIServerIPs:[] DNSDomain:cluster.local ContainerRuntime:docker CRISocket: NetworkPlugin:cni FeatureGates: ServiceCIDR:10.96.0.0/12 ImageRepository: LoadBalancerStartIP: LoadBalancerEndIP: CustomIngressCert: RegistryAliases: ExtraOptions:[{Component:kubelet Key:resolv-conf Value:/run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf}] ShouldLoadCachedImages:false EnableDefaultCNI:false CNI: NodeIP: NodePort:8443 NodeName:} Nodes:[{Name: IP:172.31.7.230 Port:8443 KubernetesVersion:v1.27.4 ContainerRuntime:docker ControlPlane:true Worker:true}] Addons:map[] CustomAddonImages:map[] CustomAddonRegistries:map[] VerifyComponents:map[apiserver:true system_pods:true] StartHostTimeout:6m0s ScheduledStop: ExposedPorts:[] ListenAddress: Network: Subnet: MultiNodeRequested:false ExtraDisks:0 CertExpiration:26280h0m0s Mount:false MountString:/root:/minikube-host Mount9PVersion:9p2000.L MountGID:docker MountIP: MountMSize:262144 MountOptions:[] MountPort:0 MountType:9p MountUID:docker BinaryMirror: DisableOptimizations:false DisableMetrics:false CustomQemuFirmwarePath: SocketVMnetClientPath: SocketVMnetPath: StaticIP: SSHAuthSock: SSHAgentPID:0}
  I0830 04:27:15.771498 12644 start.go:913] status for none: {Installed:true Healthy:true Running:false NeedsImprovement:false Error: Reason: Fix: Doc: Version:}
  I0830 04:27:15.771520 12644 start.go:1670] auto setting extra-config to "kubelet.resolv-conf=/run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf".
  I0830 04:27:15.772080 12644 cni.go:84] Creating CNI manager for ""
  I0830 04:27:15.772094 12644 cni.go:158] "none" driver + "docker" container runtime found on kubernetes v1.24+, recommending bridge
  I0830 04:27:15.772114 12644 start_flags.go:319] config:
  {Name:minikube KeepContext:false EmbedCerts:false MinikubeISO: KicBaseImage:gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase:v0.0.40@sha256:8cadf23777709e43eca447c47a45f5a4635615129267ce025193040ec92a1631 Memory:2200 CPUs:2 DiskSize:20000 VMDriver: Driver:none HyperkitVpnKitSock: HyperkitVSockPorts:[] DockerEnv:[] ContainerVolumeMounts:[] InsecureRegistry:[] RegistryMirror:[] HostOnlyCIDR:192.168.59.1/24 HypervVirtualSwitch: HypervUseExternalSwitch:false HypervExternalAdapter: KVMNetwork:default KVMQemuURI:qemu:///system KVMGPU:false KVMHidden:false KVMNUMACount:1 APIServerPort:0 DockerOpt:[] DisableDriverMounts:false NFSShare:[] NFSSharesRoot:/nfsshares UUID: NoVTXCheck:false DNSProxy:false HostDNSResolver:true HostOnlyNicType:virtio NatNicType:virtio SSHIPAddress: SSHUser:root SSHKey: SSHPort:22 KubernetesConfig:{KubernetesVersion:v1.27.4 ClusterName:minikube Namespace:default APIServerName:minikubeCA APIServerNames:[] APIServerIPs:[] DNSDomain:cluster.local ContainerRuntime:docker CRISocket: NetworkPlugin:cni FeatureGates: ServiceCIDR:10.96.0.0/12 ImageRepository: LoadBalancerStartIP: LoadBalancerEndIP: CustomIngressCert: RegistryAliases: ExtraOptions:[{Component:kubelet Key:resolv-conf Value:/run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf}] ShouldLoadCachedImages:false EnableDefaultCNI:false CNI: NodeIP: NodePort:8443 NodeName:} Nodes:[{Name: IP:172.31.7.230 Port:8443 KubernetesVersion:v1.27.4 ContainerRuntime:docker ControlPlane:true Worker:true}] Addons:map[] CustomAddonImages:map[] CustomAddonRegistries:map[] VerifyComponents:map[apiserver:true system_pods:true] StartHostTimeout:6m0s ScheduledStop: ExposedPorts:[] ListenAddress: Network: Subnet: MultiNodeRequested:false ExtraDisks:0 CertExpiration:26280h0m0s Mount:false MountString:/root:/minikube-host Mount9PVersion:9p2000.L MountGID:docker MountIP: MountMSize:262144 MountOptions:[] MountPort:0 MountType:9p MountUID:docker BinaryMirror: DisableOptimizations:false DisableMetrics:false CustomQemuFirmwarePath: SocketVMnetClientPath: SocketVMnetPath: StaticIP: SSHAuthSock: SSHAgentPID:0}
  I0830 04:27:15.775145 12644 out.go:177] 👍 Starting control plane node minikube in cluster minikube
  I0830 04:27:15.777313 12644 profile.go:148] Saving config to /root/.minikube/profiles/minikube/config.json ...
  I0830 04:27:15.777573 12644 start.go:365] acquiring machines lock for minikube: {Name:mkc8ab01ad3ea83211c505c81a7ee49a8e3ecb89 Clock:{} Delay:500ms Timeout:13m0s Cancel:}
  I0830 04:27:15.777656 12644 start.go:369] acquired machines lock for "minikube" in 59.036µs
  I0830 04:27:15.777711 12644 start.go:96] Skipping create...Using existing machine configuration
  I0830 04:27:15.777724 12644 fix.go:54] fixHost starting:
  W0830 04:27:15.777897 12644 none.go:130] unable to get port: "minikube" does not appear in /root/.kube/config
  I0830 04:27:15.777906 12644 api_server.go:166] Checking apiserver status ...
  I0830 04:27:15.777935 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: sudo pgrep -xnf kube-apiserver.minikube.
  W0830 04:27:15.794843 12644 api_server.go:170] stopped: unable to get apiserver pid: sudo pgrep -xnf kube-apiserver.minikube.: exit status 1
  stdout:

stderr:
I0830 04:27:15.794880 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: sudo systemctl is-active --quiet service kubelet
I0830 04:27:15.808038 12644 fix.go:102] recreateIfNeeded on minikube: state=Stopped err=
W0830 04:27:15.808054 12644 fix.go:128] unexpected machine state, will restart:
I0830 04:27:15.815514 12644 out.go:177] 🔄 Restarting existing none bare metal machine for "minikube" ...
I0830 04:27:15.819353 12644 profile.go:148] Saving config to /root/.minikube/profiles/minikube/config.json ...
I0830 04:27:15.819514 12644 start.go:300] post-start starting for "minikube" (driver="none")
I0830 04:27:15.819553 12644 start.go:329] creating required directories: [/etc/kubernetes/addons /etc/kubernetes/manifests /var/tmp/minikube /var/lib/minikube /var/lib/minikube/certs /var/lib/minikube/images /var/lib/minikube/binaries /tmp/gvisor /usr/share/ca-certificates /etc/ssl/certs]
I0830 04:27:15.819593 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: sudo mkdir -p /etc/kubernetes/addons /etc/kubernetes/manifests /var/tmp/minikube /var/lib/minikube /var/lib/minikube/certs /var/lib/minikube/images /var/lib/minikube/binaries /tmp/gvisor /usr/share/ca-certificates /etc/ssl/certs
I0830 04:27:15.829951 12644 main.go:141] libmachine: Couldn't set key VERSION_CODENAME, no corresponding struct field found
I0830 04:27:15.829979 12644 main.go:141] libmachine: Couldn't set key PRIVACY_POLICY_URL, no corresponding struct field found
I0830 04:27:15.829990 12644 main.go:141] libmachine: Couldn't set key UBUNTU_CODENAME, no corresponding struct field found
I0830 04:27:15.836593 12644 out.go:177] ℹ️ OS release is Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
I0830 04:27:15.839345 12644 filesync.go:126] Scanning /root/.minikube/addons for local assets ...
I0830 04:27:15.839407 12644 filesync.go:126] Scanning /root/.minikube/files for local assets ...
I0830 04:27:15.839433 12644 start.go:303] post-start completed in 19.9095ms
I0830 04:27:15.839441 12644 fix.go:56] fixHost completed within 61.72362ms
I0830 04:27:15.839447 12644 start.go:83] releasing machines lock for "minikube", held for 61.781974ms
I0830 04:27:15.839808 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: sh -c "stat /etc/cni/net.d/loopback.conf"
I0830 04:27:15.840083 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: curl -sS -m 2 https://registry.k8s.io/
I0830 04:27:15.849219 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: sudo find /etc/cni/net.d -maxdepth 1 -type f -name loopback.conf -not -name .mk_disabled -exec sh -c "grep -q loopback {} && ( grep -q name {} || sudo sed -i '/"type": "loopback"/i \ \ \ \ "name": "loopback",' {} ) && sudo sed -i 's|"cniVersion": "."|"cniVersion": "1.0.0"|g' {}" ;
I0830 04:27:15.874703 12644 cni.go:230] loopback cni configuration patched: "/etc/cni/net.d/loopback.conf" found
I0830 04:27:15.874784 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: sudo find /etc/cni/net.d -maxdepth 1 -type f ( ( -name bridge -or -name podman ) -and -not -name *.mk_disabled ) -printf "%!p(MISSING), " -exec sh -c "sudo mv {} {}.mk_disabled" ;
I0830 04:27:15.885275 12644 cni.go:259] no active bridge cni configs found in "/etc/cni/net.d" - nothing to disable
I0830 04:27:15.885290 12644 start.go:466] detecting cgroup driver to use...
I0830 04:27:15.885332 12644 detect.go:199] detected "systemd" cgroup driver on host os
I0830 04:27:15.885447 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: /bin/bash -c "sudo mkdir -p /etc && printf %!s(MISSING) "runtime-endpoint: unix:///run/containerd/containerd.sock
" | sudo tee /etc/crictl.yaml"
I0830 04:27:15.906835 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: sh -c "sudo sed -i -r 's|^( )sandbox_image = .$|\1sandbox_image = "registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9"|' /etc/containerd/config.toml"
W0830 04:27:15.919103 12644 start.go:433] cannot ensure containerd is configured properly and reloaded for docker - cluster might be unstable: update sandbox_image: sh -c "sudo sed -i -r 's|^( )sandbox_image = .$|\1sandbox_image = "registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9"|' /etc/containerd/config.toml": exit status 2
stdout:

stderr:
sed: can't read /etc/containerd/config.toml: No such file or directory
I0830 04:27:15.919118 12644 start.go:466] detecting cgroup driver to use...
I0830 04:27:15.919150 12644 detect.go:199] detected "systemd" cgroup driver on host os
I0830 04:27:15.919252 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: /bin/bash -c "sudo mkdir -p /etc && printf %!s(MISSING) "runtime-endpoint: unix:///var/run/cri-dockerd.sock
" | sudo tee /etc/crictl.yaml"
I0830 04:27:15.941925 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: which cri-dockerd
I0830 04:27:15.942980 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: sudo mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/cri-docker.service.d
I0830 04:27:15.953911 12644 exec_runner.go:144] found /etc/systemd/system/cri-docker.service.d/10-cni.conf, removing ...
I0830 04:27:15.953925 12644 exec_runner.go:203] rm: /etc/systemd/system/cri-docker.service.d/10-cni.conf
I0830 04:27:15.953981 12644 exec_runner.go:151] cp: memory --> /etc/systemd/system/cri-docker.service.d/10-cni.conf (195 bytes)
I0830 04:27:15.954112 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: sudo cp -a /tmp/minikube3254840142 /etc/systemd/system/cri-docker.service.d/10-cni.conf
I0830 04:27:15.964217 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: sudo systemctl unmask docker.service
I0830 04:27:16.202696 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: sudo systemctl enable docker.socket
I0830 04:27:16.460837 12644 docker.go:535] configuring docker to use "systemd" as cgroup driver...
I0830 04:27:16.460863 12644 exec_runner.go:144] found /etc/docker/daemon.json, removing ...
I0830 04:27:16.460870 12644 exec_runner.go:203] rm: /etc/docker/daemon.json
I0830 04:27:16.460931 12644 exec_runner.go:151] cp: memory --> /etc/docker/daemon.json (143 bytes)
I0830 04:27:16.461081 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: sudo cp -a /tmp/minikube1208422488 /etc/docker/daemon.json
I0830 04:27:16.472257 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: sudo systemctl daemon-reload
I0830 04:27:16.723315 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: sudo systemctl restart docker
I0830 04:27:17.180936 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: sudo systemctl enable cri-docker.socket
I0830 04:27:17.434919 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: sudo systemctl unmask cri-docker.socket
I0830 04:27:17.683143 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: sudo systemctl enable cri-docker.socket
I0830 04:27:17.947208 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: sudo systemctl daemon-reload
I0830 04:27:18.211188 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: sudo systemctl restart cri-docker.socket
I0830 04:27:18.241333 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: sudo systemctl daemon-reload
I0830 04:27:18.479351 12644 exec_runner.go:51] Run: sudo systemctl restart cri-docker
I0830 04:27:18.582465 12644 out.go:177]
W0830 04:27:18.588696 12644 out.go:239] ❌ Exiting due to RUNTIME_ENABLE: Failed to enable container runtime: sudo systemctl restart cri-docker: exit status 1
stdout:

stderr:
Job for cri-docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status cri-docker.service" and "journalctl -xeu cri-docker.service" for details.

W0830 04:27:18.588979 12644 out.go:239]
W0830 04:27:18.590069 12644 out.go:239] ╭───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
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I0830 04:27:18.592403 12644 out.go:177]

Operating System

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Driver

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[afbjorklund]

See "systemctl status cri-docker.service" and "journalctl -xeu cri-docker.service" for details.

Looks like a problem with cri-dockerd, verify with crictl version or something like that...

[thrishul1989]

try to restart thr machine and enable the container runtime using this commmand sudo systemctl restart cri-docker

[spowelljr]

Hi @sureshops111, we haven't heard back from you, do you still have this issue?
There isn't enough information in this issue to make it actionable, and a long enough duration has passed, so this issue is likely difficult to replicate.

I will close this issue for now but feel free to reopen when you feel ready to provide more information.