can't start minikube in ec2 shows "X Sorry, Kubernetes v1.18.0 requires conntrack to be installed in root's path" can't start minikube in ec2 shows "X Sorry, Kubernetes v1.18.0 requires conntrack to be installed in root's path" kubernetes kubernetes

can't start minikube in ec2 shows "X Sorry, Kubernetes v1.18.0 requires conntrack to be installed in root's path"


I had the same issue. Install 'conntrack' with

sudo apt install conntrack

Then continue to start your minikube:

sudo minikube start --vm-driver=none


Execute following commands

yum install conntrackstart minikube as rootstart --driver=none


TL;DR : update minkikube

You need minkikube not older than v1.9.0-beta

It's a known issue

There is a known issue #7179 reproduced in 1.18

Fixed in Pull Request #7180, the latest commit is 1273d4f:

install conntrack for github action integration tests #7180

Minimal minikube ver that contain commit 1273d4f is v1.9.0-beta:

git clone https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/cd minikubegit describe 1273d4f8e756ac5eca89d94c449450fb2da21a5a>v1.9.0-beta.2-16-g1273d4f8e

Explanation of git describe

Explanation of git describe is here

The command is useful for cases such as:

  • which tag is closest to the commit? (git describe <sha>)
  • which tag contains commit? (git describe <sha> --contains)
  • which branch or annotated tag is closest to the commit? (git describe <sha>--all)