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Asked: 2022-03-25 02:30:19 +0800 CST

minikube not running with virtualbox, how to fix that?

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I am using windows 10 professional edition. Installed virtualbox and also enable virtualization on bios, that's why able to run windows 10 64bit machines as VMs in virtualbox.

When I started minikube, with below command, getting error as virtualization not enabled.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>minikube start --vm-driver=virtualbox
* minikube v1.19.0 on Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise 10.0.19044 Build 19044
* Using the virtualbox driver based on existing profile
* Starting control plane node minikube in cluster minikube
* Creating virtualbox VM (CPUs=2, Memory=6000MB, 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=6000MB, 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
* Suggestion: Virtualization support is disabled on your computer. If you are running minikube within a VM, try '--driver=docker'. Otherwise, consult your systems BIOS manual for how to enable virtualization.
* Related issues:
  - https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/3900
  - https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/4730

How to fix this?

I already enabled in bios as in below screenshot.

bios settings

Same with --driver also

minikube start --driver=virtualbox
* minikube v1.19.0 on Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise 10.0.19044 Build 19044
* Using the virtualbox driver based on existing profile
* Starting control plane node minikube in cluster minikube
* Creating virtualbox VM (CPUs=2, Memory=6000MB, 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=6000MB, 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
* Suggestion: Virtualization support is disabled on your computer. If you are running minikube within a VM, try '--driver=docker'. Otherwise, consult your systems BIOS manual for how to enable virtualization.
* Related issues:
  - https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/3900
  - https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/4730
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