Minikube & VM , Problem

Hya I’m trying to start minikube with virtual box. I have everything that needed (enabled virtualization on BIOS Setting, latest Oracel VM, kubectl,)
I Use …

  minikube start --driver=virtualbox

and the result is …
"minikube v1.33.1 on Microsoft Windows 11 Home Single Language 10.0.22631.3737 Build 22631.3737
E0613 09:01:09.353815 2980 start.go:812] api.Load failed for minikube: filestore “minikube”: Docker machine “minikube” does not exist. Use “docker-machine ls” to list machines. Use “docker-machine create” to add a new one.
E0613 09:01:09.355004 2980 start.go:812] api.Load failed for minikube: filestore “minikube”: Docker machine “minikube” does not exist. Use “docker-machine ls” to list machines. Use “docker-machine create” to add a new one.

  • Using the virtualbox driver based on existing profile
  • Starting “minikube” primary control-plane node in “minikube” cluster
  • Creating virtualbox VM (CPUs=2, Memory=2200MB, Disk=20000MB) …
    ! StartHost failed, but will try again: creating host: create: precreate: This computer doesn’t have VT-X/AMD-v enabled. Enabling it in the BIOS is mandatory
  • Creating virtualbox VM (CPUs=2, Memory=2200MB, Disk=20000MB) …
  • Failed to start virtualbox VM. Running “minikube delete” may fix it: creating host: create: precreate: This computer doesn’t have VT-X/AMD-v enabled. Enabling it in the BIOS is mandatory

X Exiting due to HOST_VIRT_UNAVAILABLE: Failed to start host: creating host: create: precreate: This computer doesn’t have VT-X/AMD-v enabled. Enabling it in the BIOS is mandatory

What should I do, I do not want to use it with docker!

The error message tells you what to do here: you need to reboot your system and alter the BIOS settings so that VT-x is enabled. How exactly you do that, as the error message points out, depends on the model of your Windows computer, But it’s not hard to do.

Once VT-x virtualization is turned on, Virtualbox will work, and you can use virtualbox instead of docker for your minikube driver.

See, I have this options, In side BIOS setup Virtualization Technology is enable. are there another options ?

Sometimes minikube is a little slow on the draw, and does not see that VT-x is set. The work-around is to add the flag --no-vtx-check; see if that helps.

thank you ! it is working…