Openshift installation help

#1

Hi Team, can some one help me in setting up local lab as per the training.

minishift command keeps on failing with below error

Downloading ISO ‘https://github.com/minishift/minishift-centos-iso/releases/download/v1.17.0/minishift-centos7.iso’
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– Starting Minishift VM … FAIL E0607 20:21:15.139648 16756 start.go:499] Error starting the VM: Error creating the VM. Error creating machine: Error in driver during machine creation: Unable to start the VM: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe startvm minishift --type headless failed:
VBoxManage.exe: error: The configuration constructor in main failed due to a COM error. Check the release log of the VM for further details. (VERR_MAIN_CONFIG_CONSTRUCTOR_COM_ERROR)
VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code E_FAIL (0x80004005), component ConsoleWrap, interface IConsole

Details: 00:00:12.897403 Power up failed (vrc=VERR_MAIN_CONFIG_CONSTRUCTOR_COM_ERROR, rc=E_FAIL (0X80004005)). Retrying.
Error starting the VM: Error creating the VM. Error creating machine: Error in driver during machine creation: Unable to start the VM: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe startvm minishift --type headless failed:
VBoxManage.exe: error: The configuration constructor in main failed due to a COM error. Check the release log of the VM for further details. (VERR_MAIN_CONFIG_CONSTRUCTOR_COM_ERROR)
VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code E_FAIL (0x80004005), component ConsoleWrap, interface IConsole

Details: 00:00:12.897403 Power up failed (vrc=VERR_MAIN_CONFIG_CONSTRUCTOR_COM_ERROR, rc=E_FAIL (0X80004005))

#2

Hi @sreemanthena ,
Thanks for reaching out to us. Can you please share that training URL? One of our team members will look into it and will share the correct steps to launch the minishift locally.

Regards,

#3

Hi @sreemanthena ,
Please try these steps and let me know.

Minishift installation steps: -

  1. Install the VirtualBox if not installed yet. If already installed then skip this step.

Reference page: - Downloads – Oracle VM VirtualBox

  1. Download the zip file for the windows from the release page.

Reference page: - Releases · minishift/minishift · GitHub

  1. Extract it in the location of your choice. Drive C will be good for the programs.

  2. Set the PATH of that minishift folder in the Environment Variables.

Reference page: - How to: Add Tool Locations to the PATH Environment Variable | Microsoft Learn

  1. after that open the CMD prompt and type the below command: -

Reference page: - Minishift Quickstart - Getting Started | Minishift | OKD 3.11

minishift start --vm-driver=virtualbox

After starting the process, minishift will take a while to install and configure and provision the openshift cluster.

Regards,
KodeKloud Support