Error restarting cluster: restarting kube-proxy: waiting for kube-proxy to be up for configmap update: timed out waiting for the condition

Question

I am trying to start a local Kubernetes cluster using minikube start and getting the following error.

Starting local Kubernetes v1.10.0 cluster...
Starting VM...
Getting VM IP address...
Moving files into cluster...
Setting up certs...
Connecting to cluster...
Setting up kubeconfig...
Starting cluster components...
E0912 17:39:12.486830   17689 start.go:305] Error restarting 
cluster:  restarting kube-proxy: waiting for kube-proxy to be 
up for configmap update: timed out waiting for the condition

Any idea how to ensure it starts? I am using VirtualBox and this tutorial. I tried the tip given here but without luck.

Also any specific reason why it takes so long to even reach to this stage? Or is it usually this slow?

Answer 1

following are the points to be remembered while starting minikube for such errors.

1) close the VirtualBox if opened.
2) delete the previous temp files generated.
3) if you are behind the proxy set the proxy.
4) then do the following...

    $ minikube stop
    $ minikube delete  
    $ minikube start

Answer 2

Below steps works for me :

Note : Do not work with root user

$ sudo minikube stop

$ sudo minikube delete

$ sudo rm -rf ~/.minikube

$ sudo minikube start --kubernetes-version=v1.12.4

you can specify any existing kubernetes version of your choice with prefix v compulsory

make sure .minikube directory created in users home directory but not in /root