Minikube: Error starting host: Error getting state for host: unexpected EOF

Created on 30 Nov 2016 · 25Comments · Source: kubernetes/minikube

Minikube version (use minikube version):
v0.12.2

Environment:

OS (e.g. from /etc/os-release): Ubuntu 14.04
VM Driver (e.g. cat ~/.minikube/machines/minikube/config.json | grep DriverName): kvm
Docker version (e.g. docker -v): Docker version 1.12.3
Install tools:
Others:

What happened:
When trying to start a cluster I get an error:

 ✗ sudo minikube start
Starting local Kubernetes cluster...
E1130 15:29:30.277137   18796 start.go:92] Error starting host: Error getting state for host:     unexpected EOF. Retrying.
E1130 15:29:30.277941   18796 start.go:98] Error starting host:  Error getting state for host: unexpected EOF

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shaikatzir

Most helpful comment

As a last resort, can you try

minikube delete
rm -rf ~/.minikube

r2d4 on 30 Nov 2016

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All 25 comments

You don't need sudo to run minikube. I suspect that something is wrong with your cached ISO. The download could have been interrupted or invalid.

Try to rm -rf ~/.minikube/cache and then try to run minikube

r2d4 on 30 Nov 2016

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Ran it:

 ~ rm -rf ~/.minikube/cache
 ~ minikube start
Starting local Kubernetes cluster...
E1130 19:45:40.353550    6859 start.go:92] Error starting host: Error getting state for host:   unexpected EOF. Retrying.
E1130 19:45:40.354129    6859 start.go:98] Error starting host:  Error getting state for host:    unexpected EOF

Still have the same issue.
I suspect something with the "kvm" driver but I have no proof to back it up.
I wasn't able to run it with VirtualBox though.

shaikatzir on 30 Nov 2016

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As a last resort, can you try

minikube delete
rm -rf ~/.minikube

r2d4 on 30 Nov 2016

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Seems to solve it. But then I got a new error...

   ➜  ~ minikube delete 
Deleting local Kubernetes cluster...
Errors occurred deleting machine:  unexpected EOF
➜  ~ rm -rf ~/.minikube
➜  ~ minikube start  
Starting local Kubernetes cluster...
Downloading Minikube ISO
 36.00 MB / 36.00 MB [==============================================] 100.00% 0s
E1130 21:08:00.026929    4265 start.go:92] Error starting host: Error creating host: Error with pre-create check: "VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path". Retrying.
E1130 21:08:00.027295    4265 start.go:98] Error starting host:  Error creating host: Error with pre-create check: "VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path"
➜  ~ minikube start --vm-driver=kvm
Starting local Kubernetes cluster...
E1130 21:09:16.213244    4388 start.go:92] Error starting host: Error creating host: Error creating machine: Error in driver during machine creation: [Code-1] [Domain-20] internal error: no supported architecture for os type 'hvm'. Retrying.
E1130 21:09:16.214181    4388 start.go:98] Error starting host:  Error creating host: Error creating machine: Error in driver during machine creation: [Code-1] [Domain-20] internal error: no supported architecture for os type 'hvm'
➜  ~

shaikatzir on 30 Nov 2016

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Are you running minikube inside of a VM? You won't be able to do nested virtualization. However if you're using windows or OS X you should use those minikube binaries.

r2d4 on 30 Nov 2016

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It's not a VM. I'm running it directly from my ubuntu 14.04 terminal. I have no vm running.

shaikatzir on 30 Nov 2016

Do you have VT-x enabled? egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo should not return 0.

If you don't have it enabled, you can follow the steps here to enable it
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Virtualization_Guide/sect-Virtualization-Troubleshooting-Enabling_Intel_VT_and_AMD_V_virtualization_hardware_extensions_in_BIOS.html

r2d4 on 1 Dec 2016

➜  ~ egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo
4

Running on lenovo yoga pro 2

shaikatzir on 1 Dec 2016

Are you able to use libvirtd and KVM with other images?
Can you connect to the libvirt socket virsh -c qemu:///system list?
If that doesn't work, make sure you've properly set up libvirtd and added yourself to the libvirtd group. It can be a little tricky to set up properly the first time on some distros.

r2d4 on 1 Dec 2016

Finally works!
I checked if the kvm works by running:

➜  ~ sudo /usr/sbin/kvm-ok
INFO: /dev/kvm does not exist
HINT:   sudo modprobe kvm_intel
INFO: Your CPU supports KVM extensions
INFO: KVM (vmx) is disabled by your BIOS
HINT: Enter your BIOS setup and enable Virtualization Technology (VT),
      and then hard poweroff/poweron your system
KVM acceleration can NOT be used

I enabled the virtualization in the BIOS and checked kvm installation again.
This time everything worked fine.

shaikatzir on 4 Dec 2016

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Hi ,

I am facing similar problem while running minikube start.
I am using vagrant ubuntu box. I followed your suggestions given above by running rm -rf ~/.minikube/cache . But while trying to run minikube delete , I am getting error.
Also , I checked egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo , its returning 0 for me. Please guide to resolve this.
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Aaqib041 on 25 Dec 2016

Hey @Aaqib041,

You won't be able to run minikube inside vagrant. What is your host system? You should be able to run minikube there instead of inside the VM.

dlorenc on 25 Dec 2016

@dlorenc ,

I am using Windows Laptop with O.S Win 10 , I wanted to use minikube in Ubuntu and hence using vagrant for the same. !!!

Aaqib041 on 26 Dec 2016

@dlorenc ..
Hi , I was trying to create Ubuntu box using vagrant but got to know I cannot do that. So now I have downloaded minikube for windows.However ,I am still facing issue while running minikube start.
I have tried minkube delete.Here is the output of minikube start --show-libmachine-logs. Please help.

Aaqib041 on 26 Dec 2016

Hi i am installing minikube inside the VMware VM.The nested virtualization is enabled.i tired installing Oracle virtualbox and also tired installing kvm.It creates a vm but i am getting an error as below
"error starting host:error getting state for host".

I tried starting the minikube with the log ,its showing the errror as
"ssh cmd err,output:exit status 255:(minikube)dbg | error getting ssh command 'exit 0' :something went wrong running an ssh command!".
Need help.

KrishnanBabu on 10 Jul 2017

After enabling VT-x in BIOS I had to do rm -rf ~/.minikube to solve the original problem. I'd wish that minikube could do this kvm driver troubleshooting itself.

abitrolly on 2 Sep 2017

I experience the same issue, I have virtualbox running with several other VM's. I run Ubuntu 16.04.3, I am installing from my laptop (so: bare metal running Linux, not from inside a VM).

Output of the commands:
root@michaellaptop2016:~# minikube start --vm-driver=virtualbox
Starting local Kubernetes cluster...
E1016 16:38:14.140902 8502 start.go:83] Error starting host: Error creating. Error with pre-create check: "VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path". Retrying.
E1016 16:38:16.162958 8502 start.go:83] Error starting host: Error creating. Error with pre-create check: "VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path". Retrying.
E1016 16:38:18.180377 8502 start.go:83] Error starting host: Error creating. Error with pre-create check: "VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path". Retrying.
E1016 16:38:18.180459 8502 start.go:89] Error starting host: Error creating. Error with pre-create check: "VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path"
Error creating. Error with pre-create check: "VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path"
Error creating. Error with pre-create check: "VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path"
root@michaellaptop2016:~# minikube start --vm-driver=kvm
Starting local Kubernetes cluster...
E1016 16:38:22.357748 8585 start.go:83] Error starting host: Error creating new host: dial tcp: missing address. Retrying.
E1016 16:38:22.372898 8585 start.go:83] Error starting host: Error creating new host: dial tcp: missing address. Retrying.
E1016 16:38:22.384285 8585 start.go:83] Error starting host: Error creating new host: dial tcp: missing address. Retrying.
E1016 16:38:22.384304 8585 start.go:89] Error starting host: Error creating new host: dial tcp: missing address
Error creating new host: dial tcp: missing address
Error creating new host: dial tcp: missing address

root@michaellaptop2016:~# which VBoxManage
/usr/bin/VBoxManage

michaeldg on 16 Oct 2017

$ rm -rf ~/.minikube
$ minikube start

lbenevid on 23 Oct 2017

Please tell me what to do?

bidianqing on 5 Jan 2018

I'm having the same issue

E0217 15:06:08.998173 24429 start.go:156] Error starting host: Error creating host: Error executing step: Running precreate checks.
: VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path

yet VBoxManage is available in my system

ArtemZ on 17 Feb 2018

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hi..i am also having the same below error when I am trying to run the 'Minikube start' command on the Linux AWS instance. VBoxManage is already installed on my PC (having Windows 10 OS) from where I am launching my Linux AWS instance. Can someone help.

E0222 00:15:57.464329 32174 start.go:165] Error starting host: Error creating host: Error executing step: Running precreate checks.
: VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path

sumanthyasumreddy on 22 Feb 2018

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$ minikube start --vm-driver kvm2
Starting local Kubernetes v1.9.0 cluster...
Starting VM...
Downloading Minikube ISO
 142.22 MB / 142.22 MB [============================================] 100.00% 0s
E0225 22:55:51.088931   16526 start.go:159] Error starting host: Error creating new host: dial tcp: missing address.

 Retrying.
E0225 22:55:51.089960   16526 start.go:165] Error starting host:  Error creating new host: dial tcp: missing address
$ egrep -o '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo
vmx
vmx
$ virsh -c qemu:///system list
 Id    Name                           State
----------------------------------------------------
# /etc/init.d/libvirt-bin stop
 * Stopping libvirt management daemon libvirtd                                                                                                         [ OK ] 
# /etc/init.d/libvirt-bin start
 * Starting libvirt management daemon libvirtd                                                                                                         [ OK ] 
# /etc/init.d/libvirt-bin status
 * Checking status of libvirt management daemon libvirtd                                                                                               [ OK ] 
$ whoami
hudson
$ grep libvirtd /etc/group
libvirtd:x:127:hudson

hudsantos on 26 Feb 2018

minikube start --vm-driver=none

idouba on 16 May 2018

I was also getting the same error like @sumanthyasumreddy and @ArtemZ .
Installing version 0.25 from releases. SOLVED IT!!.
Try curl -Lo minikube https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/v0.25.0/minikube-linux-amd64 && chmod +x minikube && sudo mv minikube /usr/local/bin/