VMWare Workstation Ubuntu 18.04 - Minikube: Error creating VM: VMWare Workstation Ubuntu 18.04 - Minikube: Error creating VM: kubernetes kubernetes

VMWare Workstation Ubuntu 18.04 - Minikube: Error creating VM:


Apparently getting virtualbox as a dependency to use as a vm driver works.

sudo apt install virtualbox virtualbox-ext-pack

minikube start --vm-driver=virtualbox

Now results in:

Starting local Kubernetes v1.10.0 cluster...Starting VM...Getting VM IP address...Moving files into cluster...Downloading kubeadm v1.10.0Downloading kubelet v1.10.0Finished Downloading kubelet v1.10.0Finished Downloading kubeadm v1.10.0Setting up certs...Connecting to cluster...Setting up kubeconfig...Starting cluster components...

etc


I observed a similar issue on Ubuntu 18.04.1 VM (Intel), the solution I found is:

  1. Run this from the console:
$ sudo cat > /etc/modprobe.d/qemu-system-x86.conf << EOFoptions kvm_intel nested=1 enable_apicv=noptions kvm ignore_msrs=1EOF
  1. Reboot the VM