Machine: Error creating machine: Error with pre-create check: VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path

[Dreampie]

centos use overlay muti-host networking.

docker-machine create -d virtualbox mh-keystore
Running pre-create checks...
Error creating machine: Error with pre-create check: VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path

[dgageot]

Hi @Dreampie you have to install Virtualbox before you use the virtualbox driver.
Can you run which VBoxManage?

[Dreampie]

I use centos，and must create virtualbox？If already have a virtual machine, and how do create virtualbox？

I try run consul at 192.168.60.41:
docker run -d -p "8500:8500" -h "consul" --name consul progrium/consul -server -bootstrap
config opt:

DOCKER_OPTS='
--insecure-registry 192.168.60.41:5000
-H tcp://0.0.0.0:2376
-H unix:///var/run/docker.sock
--cluster-store=consul://192.168.60.41:8500
--cluster-advertise=eth1:2376
'

not work

[dgageot]

Centos supports native Docker but then you don't need docker-machine.
If you still want to use docker-machine, for eg. to create multiple virtual hosts on your laptop, then you should install VirtualBox, otherwise docker-machine won't work with virtualbox driver.

[Dreampie]

if machine already is virtualbox,how to do?

[Dreampie]

https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/networking/get-started-overlay/ this only for VirtualBox Docker not for native Docker OS？Centos supports native Docker，so it not need to use docker-machine to impl overlay networking？

[dgageot]

@Dreampie docker-machine create -d virtualbox mh-keystore can only be run on a machine that has VirtualBox installed. This message tells you VirtualBox is not installed. Please install it and try again.

[dgageot]

Closing. Not a bug

[Aaqib041]

For me same error , I have installed Virtual box but still error exist. Please help

[saadaouad]

@Dreampie, @Aaqib041 you have to install VirtualBox :

sudo apt-get install virtualbox

Then create a machine:

docker-machine create --driver virtualbox default

[Nitinkumar-Gove]

@saadaouad Thank you for your inputs.

[saadaouad]

@Nitinkumar-Gove YW :+1:

[gameguyr]

I just downloaded VirtualBox for mac osx and it started working fine
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

[BillioJeverson]

Hello DreamPie have u manage to solve the problem ? I am having the same problem now . I tried @saadaouad solution but it came up with apt-get not found. please help me out here

[runstrider]

same error

[thibmo]

That is because apt is only for Debian-like distributions, like Debian (Duh), Ubuntu, Mint, etc... OSx, CentOS, Fedora, etc do NOT have apt......

[ahmadbabaei]

I just export PATH=$PATH:$(which vboxmanage) before executing docker-machine create ...

[etrim]

Install the newest version of docker-machine from github.
https://github.com/docker/machine

[salimfadhley]

I'm stuck on this as well. VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in my path:

sal@gruntyman:~/PycharmProjects/exoduspoint_homework$ docker-machine create --driver virtualbox dev
Running pre-create checks...
Error with pre-create check: "VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path"
sal@gruntyman:~/PycharmProjects/exoduspoint_homework$ which VBoxManage 
/usr/bin/VBoxManage

Any idea what might be going wrong here?

[albertzubkowicz]

same here. fresh install (according to https://docs.docker.com/install/linux/docker-ce/ubuntu/#install-using-the-repository), path added to ~/.bashrc, but the error persists.

[wapmorgan]

I think it's important to note:

1. Remove docker, installed via snap: sudo snap remove docker.
2. Install docker-machine with official instructions: https://docs.docker.com/machine/install-machine/

[gasparyanyur]

$ docker-machine create --driver virtualbox default
Running pre-create checks...
Error with pre-create check: "VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path"

OS: Ubuntu - 18.04

$ which virtualbox 
/usr/bin/virtualbox
$ which VBoxManage 
/usr/bin/VBoxManage

Can not solve this problem!

[chovy]

I'm still having same issue on 18.04 LTS

[albertzubkowicz]

I've managed to resolve it by adding user to docker group and restarting system.

[SundeepPidugu]

@albertzubkowicz how do i do that ? and i still have the same issue

[albertzubkowicz]

@SundeepPidugu https://docs.docker.com/install/linux/linux-postinstall/

[SundeepPidugu]

@albertzubkowicz Can you please post a set of required instructions that i can follow for the same.

[albertzubkowicz]

@SundeepPidugu just install docker with official instructions and do post-install from above link.

[sytae]

I just export PATH=$PATH:$(which vboxmanage) before executing docker-machine create ...

This solved my issue. Thanks!

[KacperBiedka]

In my case one of the most random fixes happened. After running docker run hello-world it got fixed automatically O.o

[sakthivelj]

export PATH=$PATH:$(which vboxmanage)

tyrebot@tyrebot-PhotoGAUGE:~$ docker-machine create --driver virtualbox default
Running pre-create checks...
Error with pre-create check: "VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path"