Minikube keeps failing on creation : StartHost failed, but will try again: creating host: create host timed out in 120.000000 seconds
I've created a Switch in Hyper-V Manager :
Virtual Switch Manager (on the right) => New Virtual Network Switch => External => MinikubeSwitch
And then :
After hitting in CLI (under Administrator in Windows 10) the line :
minikube start --driver=hyperv --hyperv-virtual-switch=MinikubeSwitch
I got :
PS C:\bin> minikube start --driver=hyperv --hyperv-virtual-switch=MinikubeSwitch
* minikube v1.9.2 on Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.18363 Build 18363
* Using the hyperv driver based on user configuration
* Starting control plane node m01 in cluster minikube
* Creating hyperv VM (CPUs=2, Memory=2200MB, Disk=20000MB) ... ! StartHost failed, but will try again: creating host: create host timed out in 120.000000 seconds
* Stopping "minikube" in hyperv ...
* Powering off "minikube" via SSH ...
* Deleting "minikube" in hyperv ...
E0421 12:59:59.746863 2736 main.go:106] libmachine: [stderr =====>] : Hyper-V\Get-VM : Hyper-V was unable to find a virtual machine with name "minikube".
At line:1 char:3
+ ( Hyper-V\Get-VM minikube ).state + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (minikube:String) [Get-VM], VirtualizationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidParameter,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.GetVM
E0421 13:00:01.624914 2736 main.go:106] libmachine: [stderr =====>] : Hyper-V\Get-VM : Hyper-V was unable to find a virtual machine with name "minikube".
At line:1 char:3
+ ( Hyper-V\Get-VM minikube ).state + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (minikube:String) [Get-VM], VirtualizationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidParameter,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.GetVM
E0421 13:00:03.443467 2736 main.go:106] libmachine: [stderr =====>] : Hyper-V\Get-VM : Hyper-V was unable to find a virtual machine with name "minikube".
At line:1 char:3
+ ( Hyper-V\Get-VM minikube ).state + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (minikube:String) [Get-VM], VirtualizationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidParameter,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.GetVM
* Creating hyperv VM (CPUs=2, Memory=2200MB, Disk=20000MB) ...
E0421 13:00:05.635939 2736 main.go:106] libmachine: [stderr =====>] : Hyper-V\Get-VM : Hyper-V was unable to find a virtual machine with name "minikube".
At line:1 char:3
+ ( Hyper-V\Get-VM minikube ).state
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (minikube:String) [Get-VM], VirtualizationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidParameter,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.GetVM
E0421 13:00:07.748572 2736 main.go:106] libmachine: [stderr =====>] : Hyper-V\Get-VM : Hyper-V was unable to find a virtual machine with name "minikube".
At line:1 char:3
+ ( Hyper-V\Get-VM minikube ).state
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (minikube:String) [Get-VM], VirtualizationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidParameter,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.GetVM
E0421 13:00:09.940572 2736 main.go:106] libmachine: [stderr =====>] : Hyper-V\Get-VM : Hyper-V was unable to find a virtual machine with name "minikube".
At line:1 char:3
+ ( Hyper-V\Get-VM minikube ).state
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (minikube:String) [Get-VM], VirtualizationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidParameter,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.GetVM
E0421 13:00:11.850044 2736 main.go:106] libmachine: [stderr =====>] : Hyper-V\Get-VM : Hyper-V was unable to find a virtual machine with name "minikube".
At line:1 char:3
+ ( Hyper-V\Get-VM minikube ).state
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (minikube:String) [Get-VM], VirtualizationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidParameter,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.GetVM
E0421 13:00:13.887769 2736 main.go:106] libmachine: [stderr =====>] : Hyper-V\Get-VM : Hyper-V was unable to find a virtual machine with name "minikube".
At line:1 char:3
+ ( Hyper-V\Get-VM minikube ).state
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (minikube:String) [Get-VM], VirtualizationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidParameter,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.GetVM
E0421 13:00:16.088700 2736 main.go:106] libmachine: [stderr =====>] : Hyper-V\Get-VM : Hyper-V was unable to find a virtual machine with name "minikube".
At line:1 char:3
+ ( Hyper-V\Get-VM minikube ).state
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (minikube:String) [Get-VM], VirtualizationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidParameter,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.GetVM
PS C:\bin> Get-Vm
Name State CPUUsage(%) MemoryAssigned(M) Uptime Status Version
---- ----- ----------- ----------------- ------ ------ -------
DockerDesktopVM Running 0 2048 02:16:40.4550000 Operating normally 9.0
PS C:\bin>
However it keeps failing , even though I've tried to delete the old minikube and reinstall it.
Any idea how to fix it ?
OK , found the problem , I put it below for other people whom might encounter the same problem :
Replace the CLI command
minikube start --driver=hyperv --hyperv-virtual-switch=MinikubeSwitch
with :
minikube start --driver=hyperv MinikubeSwitch
The param --hyperv-virtual-switch is not relevant anymore.